Valentin Stephan Still

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Barnabas Still
“Kredenz-Scene”: artistically exaggerated representation of a historical beer tasting at the Nockherberg in Munich (on April 2nd between 1778 and 1795). Paulaner master brewer Frater Barnabas gives Elector Karl Theodor a mug of Salvator strong beer. The inscription at the bottom of the picture reads: "Salve pater patriae" (lat. "Greetings, father of the fatherland").

Valentin Stephan Still ( baptized February 15, 1750 in Fischbach , today Nittenau , † 1795 in Au , today Munich ) was the Paulaner brewer in Munich.

Life

Valentin Stephan Still, also known as Brother Barnabas, was born as the son of the brewer Georg Still in Fischbach near Nittenau in the Upper Palatinate. At the age of 23 he entered the Amberg monastery of the Paulaner Order as a lay brother . One year later, in 1774, Brother Barnabas was appointed master brewer of the Neudeck monastery . The monastery was at the foot of the Nockherberg in Au near Munich, which at that time had 1,500 inhabitants . The monastery was initially only allowed to brew beer for private use, for its own “home necessity”, in order to supplement the meager diet of the monks. The monastery received a serving permit in the time of the master brewer Barnabas on February 26th, 1780 by the Elector Karl Theodor , who regularly moved to Neudeck with his entire court on April 2nd to open the serving of the "Heilig-Vaterbier", later called Salvator and there was served the first measure from Brother Barnabas. The reputation of the brother Barnabas was great. From a disclosure of the Privy Council dated February 10, 1781, which the Elector Karl Theodor personally signed, it emerges that Brother Barnabas should "if there are no other major concerns, the brewery should be transferred again".

In the same year, an electoral commission certified the brother that he was “an intelligent, hardworking and loyal master of brewing”. Under his leadership, the monastery brewery grew into a large brewery, which in 1793/94 reached four times that of the average brewery with an annual beer output of 3,200  hectoliters . He not only had friends among his confreres in the monastery, which is why he returned to Amberg in 1788, but he was soon brought back to Munich. Brother Barnabas died in 1795 of a stomach ailment. Until his death he was the leading brewmaster for the order.

In Fischbach, a memorial plaque donated by the Paulaner brewery in 1985 commemorates the brewer. In 2005 a village fountain, donated by the Paulaner brewery and the city of Nittenau , was built in his honor in his birthplace, Fischbach .

Nockherberg

From 1992 to 2010 (with the exception of 2007) the main speakers (namely Max Grießer 1992–96, Erich Hallhuber 1997–98, Gerd Fischer 1999–2002, Bruno Jonas 2004–06 and Michael Lerchenberg 2008–10) slipped at the opening of the strong beer season on the Nockherberg at the politician Derblecken , a satirical fasting sermon , in the role of brother Barnabas and presented to the father according to the old custom with the words “Salve pater patriae ! Bibas, princeps optime! “(Greetings, Father of the Fatherland! Drink, best Prince!) The first measure of Salvator.

literature

  • Erika Bosl: Still, Valentin Stefan. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 756 ( digitized version ).
  • Brunner: Who was the inventor of the Salvator? In: Die Oberpfalz vol. 32 (1938), ISSN  0342-9873 , p. 43.
  • Hannes Burger : 350 years of Paulaner-Salvator-Thomasbräu AG: 1634–1984. Anniversary commemorative publication. Paulaner-Salvator-Thomasbräu, Munich 1984.
  • Werner Ebnet: You lived in Munich: biographies from eight centuries. Allitera, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-86906-744-5 , p. 587 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  • Alois Jehl, Georg Schmidbauer: Important Nittenau personalities. In: Hans Sponholz (Red.): City of Nittenau in the nature park of the Vorderer Bayerischer Wald. Publishing house for authorities a. Economy Hoeppner, Munich a. Aßling 1972, DNB 720164028 , pp. 122-127.
  • Hans-Michael Körner , Bruno Jahn: Great Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 3: P – ZKG Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-11460-5 , p. 1902 ( limited preview in the Google book search; online via De Gruyter online ).

Web links

Commons : Valentin Stephan Still  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discover Amberg 2011 ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 13 (PDF; 2.6 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / acc-amberg.de
  2. ^ Johannes Laschinger: Amberg. Small city history. Pustet, Regensburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7917-2652-6 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  3. ↑ Der Nockherberg-Kosmos , picture, February 25, 2015, accessed on August 20, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Still, Valentin Stephan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brother barnabas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German friar and master brewer
DATE OF BIRTH baptized February 15, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Fischbach , today Nittenau
DATE OF DEATH 1795
Place of death Au , today Munich