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Sünner brewery in Walfisch

The Sünner brewery in Walfisch in Cologne's old town is a stepped gable house from the middle of the 17th century, which is located on the site of the former medieval brewery "Heinrich zur Krae" ( Krähe ) - and thus in the same place on a brewing tradition since that year Looking back in 1476.

history

The Cologne beer tax books of the Rentkammer already showed the brewery "Heinrich zur Krae" in 1476, which was located on the site of today's "Sünner im Walfisch" in Salzgasse, at the corner of Rothenberg, until 1898 - and at the time 25 breweries in Cologne belonged. The house brewery "Heinrich zur Krae" was also known as "Kirchen-Bräues" at the time, which is due to its exposed location to the church of Groß St. Martin . In 1935 the stepped gable house "Zum Walfisch" in Cologne Tipsgasse 2-4 was completely demolished and rebuilt on the site of the historic brewery "Heinrich zur Krae" - using the old building material; During the reconstruction, the year was mistakenly changed from 1629 to 1626. Until the 1950s the building operated as "Weinhaus im Walfisch", until it was taken over by the Sünner Brothers Brewery & Distillery in 1996 and has since been operated under the current name as the "Sünner im Walfisch" brewery.