Warteck beer

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The Warteck beer was a by former Swiss beverage manufacturer Warteck Brewery & Beverages Ltd. in Basel produced beer . The brand has been produced by Feldschlösschen Getränke AG since 1989 .

history

The «Alte Warteck», situation 2015.
Share over 1000 francs in the Warteck brewery from October 1, 1889, 800 copies
A fast food chain is now rented in the “New Warteck”.
Building of the former brewery on Burgweg, seen from Grossbasel.

In March 1856 Niklaus Emanuel Merian-Seeber (1828–1872) acquired the house “zum Weitnau” (Greifengasse 7, demolished in 1928) and opened an inn there. He got the beer for the bar from his brother Benjamin's brewery.

Two years later, Benjamin Merian also opened an inn on Greifengasse. Apparently there was not enough customer potential for two businesses at the same location, and so in 1860 Niklaus bought building land across from the Badischer Bahnhof (which at that time stood at today's Messeplatz) in order to build a new business there. But he no longer wanted to get the beer from his brother, but instead set up his own brewery in the outbuilding of the inn. On March 16, 1862 the pub with the attached house brewery was opened. This date can therefore be considered the brewery's founding date. The inn was named "Warteck" (the waiting corner). The reason for the choice of the name is not known, the most likely theory is that it referred to the cabs waiting there.

Despite the deliberately chosen location near the train station, business in the Warteck was rather moderate. This changed when Merian leased the brewery and business to the couple Bernhard and Jeanette Füglistaller-Sprenger. The business flourished under the tenant couple, and in 1869 it was finally able to buy the brewery and business.

Soon the cellars in the Warteck were no longer sufficient to cope with increasing production. The cooling technology of that time required an underground cellar, and there was no more space left on Clarastrasse. A suitable site for new cellars has been found on the nearby Burgweg. Füglistaller had three deep storage cellars built there in 1872/73. He used the space gained by relocating the cellars in the Warteck to expand the brewhouse and the malt house. The next stage of expansion took place in 1889 with the establishment of the joint stock company "Brauerei zum Warteck B. Füglistaller Nachsteiger". In 1890/91 the brewery was finally relocated from the (old) Badischer Bahnhof to Burgweg, where it was constantly expanded and remained until it was closed in 1991.

In 1894, Bernhard Füglistaller-Schmid took over the brewery.

In 1913, the Badischer Bahnhof was relocated to its current location because it stood in the way of urban development at the old location. Just as Merian opened his Warteck across from the old train station in 1862, Füglistaller has now opened a new restaurant across from the new Badischer Bahnhof. It was appropriately named "Zum Neuen Warteck", and the parent company was renamed "Altes Warteck".

In 1922 the Brasserie Jurasienne in Delsberg was bought and own depots were set up in Delsberg and Pruntrut . Later, the areas of Bern , Bernese Oberland , Mittelland , Central Switzerland , Western Switzerland , Ticino and the Zurich area followed .

In 1947, Bernhard Walter Füglistaller-Schachenmann took over the brewery in the third generation.

In 1956 the company chronicle “Hundred Years of Brewery zum Warteck AG, formerly B. Füglistaller 1856–1956” by Gustaf Adolf Wanner , cemented the wrong founding date of 1856.

In 1976, Alexander Peter Füglistaller-Ganten took over the management of the brewery in the fourth generation.

The brewery's 125th anniversary took place in 1981 - again with reference to 1956, i.e. 6 years too early.

In the 1980s, a real wave of concentration swept over the Swiss beer market, from which Warteck was not spared. For this reason, Warteck AG was divided into, on the one hand, Warteck Brauerei & Getränke AG, for beverage production and distribution, and, on the other hand, Warteck Invest AG, for the management of the properties. Warteck Brauerei & Getränke AG was sold to Feldschlösschen Getränke AG in 1988, which closed the brewery on Burgweg in 1991 and relocated production to its headquarters in Rheinfelden. In 2001, the Warteck Brauerei & Getränke AG was finally dissolved and the brewery activities were fully integrated into the Feldschlösschen Beverages Holding. The Warteck brand still exists, and Feldschlösschen still brews beer under this name to this day.

The date of establishment

This sign is doubly wrong: on the one hand, the year it was founded is wrong, on the other hand, the economy was simply called “Warteck” back then.

The Warteck brewery itself stated the year 1856 was the brewery's founding date, and this year is still printed on bottle labels, beer mats and the like to this day. However, this is the year when Niklaus Emanuel Merian-Seeber opened his first pub on Greifengasse and must therefore be rejected as the year the brewery was founded. Rather, 1862 must be regarded as the year of foundation, as the pub at Badischer Bahnhof with the house brewery was opened in this year. The purchase of the property opposite the first Badischer Bahnhof in 1860, the building application from 1861 and the opening of the economy with a brewery on March 16, 1862 are clearly documented. The wrong founding year 1856 was mentioned for the first time in the company chronicle "Hundred Years of Brewery zum Warteck AG formerly B. Füglistaller 1856–1956", which was written by local historian Gustaf Adolf Wanner and which was published in 1956 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary celebrated in the wrong year. Anniversary of the Warteck brewery. Why the otherwise respected local historian Wanner gave this incorrect date is unknown.

The brewery area on Burgweg today

Most of the former brewery area on Burgweg is now built over with apartments. The actual brewery building with brewhouse and malt silo has been preserved and is managed by the “Werkraum Warteck pp” association (“pp” stands for “permanently provisional”). The building houses workshops and studios and cultural events take place.

The future of the property in the "Old Warteck"

The real estate fund “SIMA” of UBS plans to demolish the row of houses on Riehenring, which also includes the “Alte Warteck”, and to build an 88-meter high-rise (project name “Clichtungm”) as an investment property at this point. As the zone change required for this was approved in a referendum, the days of the "Old Warteck" are numbered.

Warteck Museum

On May 8th, 2012 the Warteck Museum was founded by 6 enthusiasts. The 150m 2 collection cellar is right next to where the brewery was founded on Drahtzugstrasse near the Basel exhibition center. There are around 5,000 memorabilia in the collection. The Warteck Museum Basel is supported by an association (200 members) and is visited by over 1000 people every year.

Web links

Beer mat from the Warteck brewery
Commons : Warteck Bier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ M. Nanni, article "Brauerei zum Warteck", published in "The history of the breweries in both Basel and Rheinfeldens", Basel 2009
  2. ↑ R. Schiess, chapter “Die Zunfthäuser”, published in “Die Zunft- und Gesellschafthäuser der Stadt Basel”, Basel 2001
  3. ↑ T. Lutz, article “Greifengasse formerly 31 / alte 224, Zum Greifen”, published in “Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Basel Stadt, Volume 6 (Altstadt Kleinbasel)”, Bern 2004
  4. ↑ In 1855, the Badischer Bahnhof started operations at today's Messeplatz, and in 1859 construction work began on the definitive construction of the station at this location, which was opened in 1862.
  5. ↑ O. Birkner, H. Rebsamen, "Inventory of the newer Swiss architecture 1850-1920 - Basel", Zurich 1986
  6. ↑ GA Wanner , section “From the son of a brewer to a Warteck brewer”, published in “Hundert Jahre Brauerei zum Warteck AG, formerly B. Füglistaller 1856–1956”, Basel 1956
  7. ↑ GA Wanner, section “Years of Growth”, published in “Hundert Jahre Brauerei zum Warteck AG, formerly B. Füglistaller 1856–1956”, Basel, 1956
  8. ^ R. Anselmetti, section "Building history", in "Extended inventory Riehenring 63-65 / Clarastrasse, Riehenring 67, 69, 71"
  9. ↑ O. Birkner, H. Rebsamen, “Inventory of the newer Swiss architecture 1850–1920 - Basel”, Zurich 1986
  10. ↑ R. Anselmetti, section “Building history”, in “Extended inventory Riehenring 63–65 / Clarastrasse, Riehenring 67, 69, 71”, Basel 2005
  11. ^ M. Nanni, article "Brauerei zum Warteck", published in "The history of the breweries in both Basel and Rheinfeldens", Basel 2009
  12. ↑ Cantonal Gazette BS No. 12 of September 22, 1860
  13. ^ GA Wanner, section “From the beginnings of the Warteck”, published in “Hundert Jahre Brauerei zum Warteck AG, formerly B. Füglistaller 1856–1956”, Basel 1956
  14. ↑ Internet presence of the Werkraum Warteck pp
  15. ↑ www.warteckmuseum.ch