Ernst Wulle
Ernst Immanuel Wulle (born February 15, 1832 in Nehren (Württemberg) ; † December 8, 1902 in Stuttgart ) was a German brewery entrepreneur and founder of a foundation .
Life
Ernst Wulle was born the son of a carpenter in Nehren and grew up in poor conditions. An uncle found him an apprenticeship in Stuttgart as a brewer . He later married Wilhelmine Stotz, a woman from a wealthy family. With the knowledge as a beer brewer and the capital available now, he founded the Wulle brewery together with his partner Maier.
Ernst Wulle never forgot what background he came from and always remained connected to his place of birth. So he founded the "Ernst Wulle Foundation" in 1900 and gave 5000 marks as a foundation. In 1901 the kindergarten “Auchtert” was built in Nehren. At the inauguration of the building, Wulle was presented with the honorary citizenship certificate. To commemorate the founder, a street in Nehren was named after him, the Wullestraße, and in Stuttgart, in memory of the Wulle brewery, the Wullestaffel staircase was named after him.
Ernst Wulle died on December 8, 1902 after a brief illness. He was buried in Division 5 at the Prague Cemetery in Stuttgart.
Wulle Brewery
In 1859, Wulle and his partner, the master brewer Maier, acquired the properties at Neckarstrasse 60 and 62 up to the middle of Kernerplatz in Stuttgart.
During the construction phase it turned out that the facilities were too small and had to be enlarged. The two owners could not agree on this, which is why Maier left in 1861.
In 1896 the company became a public limited company (Aktienbrauerei Wulle).
The brewery had to struggle with the widespread consumption of wine and cider in Württemberg, as beer was more expensive.
The early days of the company were marked by numerous takeovers of regional breweries. The following companies were taken over:
- 1897: Kolb Brewery, Stuttgart.
- 1903: Siegelberg Brewery, Zuffenhausen
- 1906: Lechleitner Brewery, Esslingen am Neckar
- 1911: Engel breweries, Vaihingen / Enz, and C. Widmaier, Möhringen adF
- 1919: Brewery Gebr. Leo, Dürrmenz, Mühlacker
- 1929: Gräfl. v. Rechberg'sche Brewery, Weißenstein
At the time of the Third Reich, the Wulle brewery could not escape the conditions either and took part in the Winter Relief Organization , the Adolf Hitler donation from German industry and a number of other social collections. Time and again, employees were called in for military exercises. Your wages were still paid in full. Later on, relatives of soldiers also received monthly grants. The economic reports recorded the first dead employee on May 22, 1940. He died in France.
From July 1, 1942, the special beer produced by the brewery was only delivered to the Wehrmacht. In 1943 the malt house was destroyed by an air raid and the brewery building was damaged. A total of 35 farm properties were laid in ruins during the attack, including the Friedrichsbau . This was built in 1900 in Stuttgart by the "Immobilienverein-Aktiengesellschaft" founded by Wulle.
After the war, the company recovered from the consequences and was able to continuously increase its beer output. In 1960, the Wulle festival halls in Neckarstrasse were restored. The “Zum Hecht” brewery in Bopfingen was bought.
On April 5, 1971, the end of the Wulle Brewery was sealed by contract. From that day on, it operated under the roof of the Dinkelacker Brewery . Little by little, the word Wulle disappeared from the annual reports. In the 1970s, the brewery complex between Neckarstrasse and Kernerplatz was demolished. Today there are state ministries and a hotel there.
“We want Wulle!” Has been the brewery's well-known advertising slogan since 1861. These three words are emblazoned on many glasses, jugs, ashtrays, etc. that can still be found today.
The name Wulle reappeared briefly in 1988. In that year, the Wulle brewery merged with the Cluss brewery from Heilbronn, which was also part of Dinkelacker, to form Cluss-Wulle AG, whose main business purpose appears to be the administration of the former brewery properties. In 2000, Cluss-Wulle became a third partner in Cäcilienpark am Neckar GbR , which built the 320-apartment residential complex of the same name on the former Cluss site in Heilbronn.
20 years later and 37 years after the preliminary end, the Dinkelacker-Schwaben-Bräu brewery reintroduced the Wulle brand in the first quarter of 2008.
In 2014, the advertising slogan "We want Wulle!" Was set to music by the punk band Schmutzki , who expressed their love for beer with it. Since then, the brewery has sponsored the free beer, which is distributed on tours before each concert.
Wulle Help eV
At the instigation of the Wulle brewery, Wulle-Aid was founded in 1941 with start-up capital of 100,000 Reichsmarks. The purpose of this non-profit association was to provide financial support to needy employees. One-time or repeated financial contributions were made for this purpose. These payments were fed by donations from the Wulle brewery. In 1970 the association's assets amounted to DM 1,235,634.18.
After Dinkelacker took over the brewery in 1971, the two social funds, Dinkelacker relief fund and Wulle aid, were merged.
On July 11, 2005, the relief fund was deleted from the register of associations. The association's assets went to Dinkelacker.
Wulle Festival
Ernst Wulle never forgot his origins throughout his life and donated something to eat and drink every time he visited his home village of Nehren. These meetings regularly grew into small celebrations. This tradition was reborn on August 1st, 2009 with the introduction of the biennial Wulle festival in Nehren and the active support of the Dinkelacker-Schwabenbräu brewery.
literature
- Jürgen Jonas: Nehren and Hauchlingen together. History and stories from 500 years. Sindlinger-Burchartz publishing house, Frickenhausen 2004, ISBN 3-928812-36-X .
- Municipal administration Nehren: Nehren 1086 - 1986 . Publisher of the Nehren municipal administration
- Deutsche Wirtschaftsbücherei, Volume 7, “The German Breweries”, born in 1929, Verlag für Börse- und Finanzliteratur A.-G., Berlin, Leipzig 1929
Web links
- Website of the Wulle Brewery
- Dinkelacker-Schwaben Bräu GmbH & Co. KG private brewery
- Early documents and newspaper articles on the Wulle Aktienbrauerei in the 20th Century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wulle is coming back! Dinkelacker-Schwaben Bräu is relaunching the traditional Wulle beer from Stuttgart. Press release from February 12, 2008
- ↑ Schmutzki: SCHMUTZKI // WE WANT WULLE. September 9, 2014, accessed July 17, 2017 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 2.2 ″ N , 9 ° 11 ′ 18.9 ″ E
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wulle, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wulle, Ernst Immanuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nehren |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1902 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |