Union brew

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The Unionsbräu is a restaurant - formerly with a house brewery - on Einsteinstraße in the Munich district of Haidhausen . Before that, it was one of the largest Munich breweries until the turn of the 20th century.

history

Advertisement of the Union brewery Schülein & Cie. in the Munich Ratsch-Kathl , 1904

The brewery was founded in 1885 by Joseph Schülein under the company Unionsbrauerei Schülein & Cie. founded in the legal form of a stock corporation . In 1905 the Münchner Kindl brewery was taken over and in 1921 the merger with the Münchner Aktienbrauerei zum Löwenbräu took place . The “Triumphator” brand of Löwenbräu AG was created by the Union brewery Schülein & Cie. Taken over in the course of the merger, as did the “Hellquell” brand. The name "Unionsbrauerei" was later only retained by the inn in the former brewery buildings, the inn was renamed several times: first in " Danny's Pan ", then in "Song-Parnass im Unionsbräu".

Some of the old brewery buildings are still standing today, and the brewery cellars are used for cultural purposes. Since 1990 the inn has been called “Unionsbräu” again, and until 2012 the naturally cloudy beer for the inn was brewed in the small brewery cellar. The dark bock beer “Unimator” was also brewed and served there seasonally . In addition to the Hofbräukeller building , the still-preserved Union brewery facilities are today the last remaining witnesses to the brewing industry that once flourished in many companies in Haidhausen; especially the cellars between Einsteinstrasse and Kirchenstrasse are significant as a monument.

From November 2012 the restaurant "Unionsbräu" was closed. The long-time host Ludwig Hagn is also the host of the Löwenbräu festival tent at the Oktoberfest ; the operation of the "Unionsbräu" had brought him losses for years, which he had offset with Oktoberfest income.

On December 1, 2015, the "Unionsbräu" restaurant was reopened without continuing the brewery operations. The new host Igor Divjak offers Bavarian and international cuisine in the restaurant on the ground floor. On the first floor and the two basement floors, it pursues a mixed usage concept, including celebrations and parties.

  • Union brew

  • Unionsbräu - former brewhouse

  • Unionsbräu - detail of the former brewhouse

literature

  • Wolfgang Behringer : Löwenbräu. From the beginnings of Munich brewing to the present day. Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7991-6471-5 .
  • Lilian Harlander: “Of the Munich beers, mainly only Löwenbräu comes into question.” The Schülein family in the Munich brewing trade. In: Lilian Harlander, Bernhard Purin (Hrsg.): Beer is the wine of this country. Jewish brewing stories. Volk Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-86222-211-7 , pp. 139-189.

Web links

Movie
  • ARD Prost and L'Chaim , November 7, 2016, 8:15 p.m., 44 min., From 9 min., Accessed on November 12, 2016

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Out for Unionsbräu in Haidhausen. Wiesn host without an economy . Süddeutsche Zeitung . Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ Unionsbräu tenant - A Texmex Bavarian comes to Haidhausen. SZ.de from April 9, 2015, accessed on April 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ Union brew opens again. SZ.de, November 27, 2015, accessed December 8, 2015 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 7.5 ″  N , 11 ° 36 ′ 3.2 ″  E