Schuchmann's brewery
The Schuchmann'sche brewery in Böckingen arose from a plate economy with brewing rights and existed as a brewery from 1861 until after the First World War . A successor company later worked temporarily as an automotive supplier for Kolbenschmidt . The facilities, including the Gasthaus zur Sonne , were largely destroyed in the Second World War. Some remains of the old buildings were preserved until the 1970s. After its demolition in 1975 on the former Schuchmann-area was the town house Böckingen built, which today forms part of the Böckinger center.
history
The inns that had a name of Christian origin, such as Sonne or Rose , were part of the Böckingen taverns, which dates back to the Middle Ages . While the sun was considered a symbol for Jesus, the rose was considered a symbol for Mary. A shield tavern was allowed to accommodate and entertain guests, in contrast to a broom tavern, which was only allowed to serve in autumn.
In 1861 Ludwig Louis Schuchmann (* December 4, 1829 - August 1, 1877) acquired the old Schildwirtschaft Zur Sonne at Kirchgasse 65 from Karl Heinrich Frank with all brewing and distilling rights.
Above all, Schuchmann expanded the brewery of the old Schildwirtschaft. In 1899, as part of this development phase, the brewery was converted into the Schuchmann'sche Bierbrauerei Aktiengesellschaft .
The district government agreed on March 23, 1901, to demolish the inn at Kirchgasse 65 and to build a new brewery in its place, while at the same time the real hospitality rights from Kirchgasse 65 to a new building to be built on the corner of Kirchgasse and Schafhausgasse misplaced. The inn was renamed Zur Sonne again . Behind the inn, on the site of the old inn, was the brewery building, the glass roof and courtyard roofing of the blacksmith August Stotz .
The Gasthaus zur Sonne was built in the southern German variant of Art Nouveau with the typical adaptation of Baroque forms by the Heilbronn architects Kappler & Beckmann in 1901. The same architects built the Villa Wolf in Sontheim in 1903/1904 .
In 1905 the new building was opened by Wilhelm Wiegand. The hall of the inn was also used as a cinema. The Böckingen Chamber Light Theater , led by Albert Trautwein, was located there. After his death, his widow continued to run the cinema. The house was later taken over by the local councilor Johann Rieser. Wilhelm Kraft and W. Bachmann later took over the house.
Around ten million liters of beer were brewed in the brewery at the turn of the century. The brewery's offer included draft and lager beers. In Heilbronn, the Böckinger brewery maintained the restaurants Zum Käthchen and Zur neue Brücke . In the years 1914 to 1918 the economic decline of the Schuchmann'sche brewery took place due to the low allocation of raw materials as a result of the war economy. In the underutilized drying facilities, deciduous hay was produced instead , substitute fodder from dried leaves. On June 22nd, 1920 the brewing contingent was sold to the Heilbronn cooperative brewery Rosenau. At the same time, the general assembly of the stock corporation decided to continue operations with 30 to 40 workers at that time in a different form. For a short time, fruit was pressed and distilled, a grain mill was maintained and pigs were farmed. In 1925 the company traded as Schuchmann-Werke AG and processed aluminum pistons for Kolbenschmidt in Neckarsulm .
Various other companies settled on the former brewery site, including a Kolbenschmidt branch in 1939. Most of the facilities were destroyed in the air raid on September 10, 1944 . More than 200 people found refuge in the brewery's vaulted cellars, which were several storeys deep as an ice cellar, and 30 bed frames were available during air raids.
The entry in the commercial register of Schuchmann-Werke expired in 1951. The area, last owned by Palmbräu , came to the City of Heilbronn in 1970, which demolished all the buildings on the site by 1975 and had the Böckingen community center built there. Remnants of the old Schuchmann ice cellar have been preserved in the vaults of the town house .
The family grave of the Schuchmann brewery family on the Böckingen cemetery is one of the cemetery’s artistically demanding burial sites and is preserved as an honorary grave. The Schuchmann road that leads from the street to the former brewery Klingenberg's area, named after the brewery family.
literature
- Christhard Schrenk, Hubert Weckbach: "... for your account and risk". Invoices and letterheads from Heilbronn companies . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1994, ISBN 3-928990-48-9 ( Small series of publications by the Heilbronn City Archives. Volume 30), pp. 102/103.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Böckingen am See. A district of Heilbronn - yesterday and today . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1998 (Publications of the Heilbronn City Archives, 37). P. 588
- ↑ Former Mayor Erwin Fuchs: In the Changing Times (Part 1) - From the brewery to the community center as a cultural center . In: Heilbronner Voice of May 17, 1991, No. 5, p. 4
- ↑ a b Böckingen am See. A district of Heilbronn - yesterday and today . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1998 (Publications of the Heilbronn City Archives, 37). P. 528
- ↑ Former Mayor Erwin Fuchs: In the Changing Times (Part 1) - From the brewery to the Bürgrhaus cultural center . In: Heilbronner Voice of May 17, 1991, No. 5, p. 4.
- ↑ Inventory report of the district government of the Heilbronn Oberamt from February 8, 1901. In: Former Mayor Erwin Fuchs: In the Changing Times (Part 1) - From the brewery to the Bürgrhaus cultural center. In: Heilbronner Voice of May 17, 1991, No. 5, p. 4.
- ↑ a b Böckingen am See. A district of Heilbronn - yesterday and today . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1998 (Publications of the Heilbronn City Archives, 37). P. 530.
- ↑ Monument topography Ba-Wü Vol. I.5 Heilbronn (2007), p. 365 Fig. 495: Heidelberger Straße 60, Ehrengrab
Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 0.5 ″ N , 9 ° 11 ′ 37.1 ″ E