Germania (beer brand)

Former Germania brewery in Münster with the landmarked tower from around 1900

The name Germania was often used for beer brands by some breweries during the German Empire , for example the

Bremen Germania Brewery C. Dressler ( taken over by Holsten in 1954 )
Germania Brewery Max Hering Chemnitz
Germania brewery in Hanover (1898–1917), see Eisfabrik (Hanover)
Germania brewery by Joseph Stauff, Cologne
Germania Brewery Oschersleben , Walter Görtz
Germania Brewery in Wandsbek ( taken over by Holsten in 1920 )
Sieg-Rheinischen Germania brewery in Hersel near Bonn (meanwhile converted into a residential building)
Germania brewery in Dortmund

The large Chinese Tsingtao brewery was founded in 1903 in the German colony of Tsing-tau (now Qingdao ) as the Germania brewery.

In the meantime, beers are sold under the name Germania as a no-name product in the lower price segment. a. brewed by Eichbaum Mannheim .

Germania brewery Münster

Share for RM 100 in Germania Brewery F. Dieninghoff AG from November 13, 1941

The brewery was founded on the Spiekerhof in Münster, where the brewing tradition has been handed down since the 13th century. In 1899 the brewery was relocated to the Neustadt on Grevener Straße, where the brewery expanded rapidly and was converted into a stock corporation in 1926 .

In the heyday, in addition to export, the Edel-Pils, the Bockbier and a Doppelbock as well as the Kraft-Malzbier were all sold under the name Germania.

Around 1960, Germania Brewery F. Dieninghoff GmbH in Münster was one of the largest breweries in Germany with an annual output of 600,000 hectoliters . The Germania brewery merged with the Dortmund Union brewery in 1963 . The Münster-based company was continued as an independent GmbH and operating facility of the Dortmund brewery. In the 1970s, the relocation of sales and production to the Dortmunder Union brewery resulted in sales losses at the Germania brewery . In 1984 the group management decided to close the production and filling areas in the Münster part of the company.

The main building of the former brewery was converted into a Germania Therme adventure pool in 1989 . Economic difficulties lead to the closure of the Germania Therme in 2001. At the former location of the brewery, the new Germania Campus district was built by 2009, integrating the listed building fabric .

Individual evidence

^ Heuweg-Werke, Hanover. Hannoversche Eishaus- und Waren -kaufgesellschaft mbH In: Paul Siedentopf (main editor), Karl Friedrich Leonhardt (compilation of the picture material): The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover in 1927 , Anniversary-Verlag Walter Gerlach, Leipzig 1927, p. 91
^ The brewery to the Kiepenkerl in: Westfalenspiegel 1958
↑ Directory of the monuments of the city of Münster, as of June 30, 2015
↑ History - Home . In: Germania Campus . ( germaniacampus.de [accessed on August 16, 2017]).

[1] Heuweg-Werke, Hanover. Hannoversche Eishaus- und Waren -kaufgesellschaft mbH In: Paul Siedentopf (main editor), Karl Friedrich Leonhardt (compilation of the picture material): The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover in 1927 , Anniversary-Verlag Walter Gerlach, Leipzig 1927, p. 91

[2] The brewery to the Kiepenkerl in: Westfalenspiegel 1958

[3] Directory of the monuments of the city of Münster, as of June 30, 2015

[4] History - Home . In: Germania Campus . ( germaniacampus.de [accessed on August 16, 2017]).