Löwenbräukeller

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Löwenbräukeller on Stiglmaierplatz
The Löwenbräukeller around 1888; from The Gazebo

The Löwenbräukeller is a beer palace ( restaurant ) with an event center in Munich . The Löwenbräukeller is located directly on Stiglmaierplatz on the corner of Nymphenburger and Dachauer Strasse in Munich's Maxvorstadt . The Reinbold family has been the operator and owner since April 2018.

history

In order to move the Löwenbräu's garden from Sandstrasse to his brewery premises, Ludwig Brey , then a brewer and owner of the Löwenbrauerei, acquired the neighboring property from "Bierwirt" Nikolaus Naßl at Stiglmaierplatz on the border between Maxvorstadt and Neuhausen . In the years 1882/83 the Löwenbräukeller was built according to the plans of Albert Schmidt and officially opened on June 14th, 1883. The total cost was 413,311 marks. As early as 1893/94, the Löwenbräukeller was also rebuilt and expanded according to plans by Albert Schmidt. Schmidt worked with Friedrich von Thiersch , who designed the facade and tower that was only now being built.

In its time, the cellar was state-of-the-art in terms of technology and hygiene : Not only napkins and tablecloths were introduced that the cellars, which were more oriented towards beer gardens , did not know. Likewise, the guests no longer had to wash their Keferloher themselves in the open burner . The biggest sensation at the time was the electrical lighting of the entire building.

The Löwenbräukeller soon became an event center, where well-known and popular artists performed around 1900, such as the Viennese German Masters and the American John Philip Sousa , known for his march compositions. The redouten , a stronghold of the Munich carnival , has been held in the Löwenbräukeller since around 1890 .

In 1910/11 the cellar was rebuilt and modernized again.

On November 8, 1923, one day before the failed Hitler putsch , Hermann Esser , a follower of Hitler , gave a speech in the Löwenbräukeller and drafted a “proclamation to the German people”.

From 1940 to 1943, the meetings on the anniversary of the Hitler coup of 1923 took place here, as the original meeting place in the Bürgerbräukeller remained unusable until the end of the war due to the assassination attempt by Georg Elser . On November 8, 1942, on the eve of November 9, Adolf Hitler gave a 55-minute speech in the Löwenbräukeller . In it he particularly addressed the battle of Stalingrad , which he sketched as largely won.

The Löwenbräukeller was badly damaged by an air raid by the Royal Air Force on December 17, 1944, and the hall was completely destroyed. In 1950 it was rebuilt. The stage was moved from the middle of the north side to the west side; the Schwemme and the small halls were designed in a more modern way in the spirit of the time. Finally, the gallery was rebuilt on the east side. In 1955, the part of the hall that is located under the large gallery was rebuilt and was used as a makeshift office until 1958. In the same year the entire facade including the tower was renovated.

In 1973 an event in the Löwenbräukeller caused a panic with two dead and 22 injured.

In 1984/85 the Bräustüberl as well as several adjoining rooms were redesigned in accordance with monument protection criteria. At the same time, the kitchen of the ballroom was completely renewed, the outdoor facilities were newly laid out while maintaining the old stock of trees. On the night of July 23 to 24, 1986, the ballroom with gallery, balcony and stage burned down completely. The restoration was carried out by the brewery's own construction office according to plans by W. Flaschl. On April 21, 1990, a neo-Nazi congress was held in the Löwenbräukeller under the motto "Truth makes you free". Those present attempted a “ march on the Feldherrnhalle ” based on the Hitler-Ludendorff putsch of 1923 .

The brewery facilities in the Nymphenburger-Dachauer-Sandstrasse triangle were demolished in 2007 to make room for residential and office buildings.

The owner of the listed building is the Münchner Wiesnwirt family Reinbold, who acquired the Löwenbräukeller at the end of 2015 from August von Finck jr's Custodia AG, which emerged from Löwenbräu AG .

The Löwenbräukeller was operated by the Munich Oktoberfest host Christian Schottenhamel with his wife Johanna until March 2018 , and since April 2018 the Löwenbräukeller has been run by Ludwig Reinbold.

Guest areas

Löwenbräukeller with Stiglmaierplatz 1885
  • Ballroom
  • Gallery room
  • Bräustüberl
  • Dachau room
  • Bennosaal
  • Turmstüberl
  • Beer garden (Nymphenburger Strasse)

Important works of art

lion

Others

  • During Lent , when strong beer is served, a competition is traditionally held among “strong men”: the lifting of a 508 pound stone that Hans Steyrer , born in 1848 , known as “Bavarian Hercules”, is said to have lifted with a single finger .
  • For several years now, the Löwenbräukeller has been the venue for the traditional Munich “ joke ”.

literature

Web links

Commons : Löwenbräukeller  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ abendzeitung-muenchen.de: Ludwig Reinbold: The Löwenbräukeller is the jewel
  2. ↑ Accidents at events
  3. ^ ID archive in the international institute for social history (ed.): The masterminds in the brown net. Amsterdam 1992, p. 20 ff.
  4. ↑ Handbook of Anti-Semitism (Volume 2). de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-24072-0 , p. 680 ( books.google.de )
  5. ↑ Center - digging, digging, building . Münchner Wochen-Anzeiger, January 8, 2009
  6. ↑ Franziskaner threatens the end: Wiesn host Reinbold buys the Löwenbräukeller . In: Abendzeitung, Munich . ( Abendzeitung-muenchen.de [accessed on May 9, 2018]).
  7. ^ Löwenbräukeller in Munich: Ludwig Reinbold explains the new concept . In: Abendzeitung, Munich . ( Abendzeitung-muenchen.de [accessed on May 9, 2018]).

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 52 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 30 ″  E