History of the company/bank and archive description for Gabriel Sedlmayr Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu KGaA
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The History of "Spaten-Brauerei" - situated in Neuhausergasse 4, Munich - can be traced back completely to its foundation in 1397.
Up to the 16th century, the ownership of the brewery changed several times. Beginning in 1522, a period of brewer-dynasties starts within Spaten-Brauerei:
- 1522 - 1622, Starnberger family
- 1622 - 1707, Spat family, which gave name to the brewery
- 1707 - 1807, Sießmayr family
- 1807 - today, Sedlmayr family
In 1807, the royal "Hofbräumeister" Gabriel Sedlmayr the older bought the brewery, which at this time stood at the end of the ranking list of the 52 breweries in Munich. In this period the brewery was almost ruined. In quite a short period of time, Gabriel Sedlmayr was able to work his way up into the management.
In 1851, the brewery moved to the Marsstraße where it is still situated.
In the 19th century it was especially the Spaten-Brauerei that further developed the brewery-system in Germany and in Europe, too. The Spaten-Brauerei introduced new brewing methods after Gabriel Sedlmayr the younger had visited England in 1834. In the period followed by his visit to England, Gabriel Sedlmayr passed the informations on which he had gathered. In Northern Europe this led to the invention of a new method for the fermentation of beer.
In 1873, together with Carl Linde, Spaten-Brauerei developed a cooling-machine and in 1894 the Spaten-Brauerei was the first brewery in Munich to produce Lager beer.
In 1922 the Spaten-Brauerei merged with the "Franziskaner-Leist-Brauerei" to form a joint-stock company which was named "Gabriel und Joseph Sedlmayr Spaten-Franziskaner-Leistbräu AG" and signed with "Löwenbräu" a community of interests-treaty.
The air raids of the Second World War caused great damages to the facilities of the brewery and destroyed quite a number of historical records.
In 1972, the company was transformed from a joint-stock company to a partnership limited by shares. After the absorption of the brewery "Dinkelacker" in Stuttgart in 1993 and "Löwenbräu" in Munich in September 1997 the "Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu KGaA" became one of the biggest breweries in Germany.
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| Archive description |
The historical archive was set up in 1992. It registers and secures the records of the company, which are accessible up to the year 1972. It alo compiles materials for exhibitions on the history of the company. Exhibitions on the history of other companies are shown as well.
Historical records of the company, if they existed, became a part of the archival holdings. The air raids in the years from 1943 to 1945 caused heavy damages to the records and destroyed valuable materials.
Records of Spaten-Brauerei:
- joint-stock company, 1922 - 1972 (index) 21 shelf metres
- annual accounts, balance sheets, 1874 - 1972 (index) 13 shelf metres
- documents on clients, end of the 19th century - 1960s (arranged after streets / places) 28 shelf metres
- documents on borrowers, end of the 19th century - before 1945 (half of it opened up) 21 shelf metres
- listings on the volumes of sales of beer 1881 - 1964
- trademark patents, 1884 - 1960s, 5 shelf metres
- company´s accounts (few), around 1900
- small amounts of records concerning subsidiary companies, 10 shelf metres
Records of other companies:
- Franziskaner-Leist-Brauerei, 1785 - 1922, 5 shelf metres (index)
- Aktienbrauerei Kil´s Colosseum / Colosseum GmbH, 1889 / 1905 - 1938, 1 shelf metre (index)
- Högerbräu GmbH, 1902 - 1938, 1 cardboard box (index)
- Brauerei und Malzfabrik zum Wagnerbräu, Hans Wagner GmbH, 1937 - 1957, 1 cardboard box (index)
- Schwabingerbrauerei AG, 1910 - 1936, 1939), 1 cardboard box (index)
- Schwabingerbrauerei - Wiederaufbau, 1954 - 1969, 2 cardboard boxes (index)
Collections:
- posters
- plans
- advertising materials
- photographs
- medals
- various other objects
The private archive of Fritz Sedlmayr ( died 1972) - coproprietor of Spatenbrauerei und historian on breweries - is deposited in the "Stadtarchiv München". This archive holds all company records dated before the year 1874. It is a valuable source concerning the history of breweries in the 19th century.
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| Publications |
- Sedlmayr , Fritz : Die Geschichte der Spatenbrauerei unter Gabriel Sedlmayr dem Älteren und dem Jüngeren
1807 - 1874 sowie Beiträge zur bayerischen Braugeschichte dieser Zeit. 2 Bde. Nürnberg 1934, 1951.
- Sedlmayr , Fritz : Zu den Frühgeschichten der ehemals bürgerlichen Brauereien Münchens, in: Brauwelt 94 (1954),
S. 117ff., 144f.
- Sedlmayr , Fritz : Das größte Münchner Brauergeschlecht, die Starnberger (1471 - 1644), in: Brauwelt 95 (1955),
S. 68f, 72f, 1113ff, 1125ff, 1195f, 1219f.
- Sedlmayr , Fritz : Die Münchner Brauerfamilie Spatt, in: Brauwelt 96 (1956), S. 1615ff, 1722ff.
- Sedlmayr , Fritz : Die männlichen Mitglieder der Brauerfamilie Sedlmayr-München bis zum Kaufe der Spatenbrauerei, in: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für die Geschichte und Bibliographie des Brauwesens e.V. (1965),
S. 198ff.
- Sedlmayr , Fritz : Die Frühgeschichte der alten Spatenbräustätte in der Neuhausergasse in München 1397 - 1807.
Nürnberg 1966. (2.Auflage).
- Urbanek , Peter : 100 Jahre Helles Spaten-Bier 1894-1994. Das erste Münchner Hell nach Pilsner Art. München.
Selbstverlag der Spatenbrauerei 1994. 34 Seiten mit Abbildungen.
- Urbanek , Peter : Ein "kleines" Jubiläum der Spaten-Brauerei in München, in: Archiv und Wirtschaft. Zeitschrift
für das Archivwesen der Wirtschaft 27 (1994), S. 19ff.
- Historisches Archiv der Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu KGaA, in: Archive in München. München 1996. S.31f.
- Behringer , Wolfgang : Die Spaten-Brauerei 1397 - 1997. Die Geschichte eines Münchner Unternehmens vom
Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. München 1997.
- Urbanek , Peter : Die Londoner Niederlassung der Spatenbrauerei in den Jahren 1891 - 1905, in: Jahrbuch der
Gesellschaft für die Geschichte und Bibliographie des Brauwesens e.V. 1997. S. 71ff.
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| Conditions of use |
The archive is open to the public from Monday to Friday 9.30 - 16.30. Access to the archive can be permitted by appointment only. |
