Near the end of 2007, Rothaus acquired the hotel next to the brewery area and set up a fan shop there. Approximately 90 percent of the brewery's sales are made in Baden-Württemberg. In the fiscal year 2006, the brewery achieved a production volume of 937,000 hectoliters and revenue of 88.2 million Euros, making it the second largest brewery in the state after Eichbaum. On 1 October 2004, Thomas Schäuble, former Minister of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg, became CEO of the brewery. In 1992, Rothaus acquired the Dominican Island of Constance including the island resort on it, which is leased to the Steigenberger Hotel Group. Capacity was increased to one million hectolitres per year. Under CEO Norbert Nothhelfer, who had previously been a district president of Freiburg, Rothaus doubled its beer sales in a shrinking market in the 1990s. Since 1922, the company has had the legal form of a stock corporation, the shares of which are currently held entirely by the associated company of the state of Baden-Württemberg.īetween 19, Max Jäger, later mayor of the city of Rastatt, was the Rothaus brewery's manager. The November Revolution of 1918, which led to the abolition of the monarchy in Baden, caused the company to shorten their name to Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus (State-owned brewery of Baden), as from then on the brewery was owned by the state of Baden. Since then, the brewery has been known as the Großherzoglich Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus (Grand ducal state-owned brewery of Baden). ![]() Through the process of secularization, the possession of the monastery and its properties was transferred to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806. To this day, the brewing water is extracted from seven in-house wells. This enabled the starting of an extensive brewery firm. Blasien and Bonndorf, the location of the brewery was very convenient in terms of infrastructure it was surrounded by large areas covered with woods and an abundance of fresh water. However, there were claims that the monks had only wanted to suppress the drinking of liquor by those living in the Black Forest.Ĭonsidering the nearby towns of St. Additionally, the brewery was a measure of economic promotion, as it was intended to create employment and to counteract the allegedly overpriced beer from Donaueschingen. ![]() Fürstenberg had been in possession of a brewing license since the 13th century and would later originate the “ Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Brauerei” ( Fürstenberg Brewery). Gerbert's intention was to enhance the status of his lordship of Bonndorf over the nearby princedom of Fürstenberg. Under the leadership of Martin Gerbert, prince-abbot of the abbey, the monks' council decided in late 1790 to start attempts of brewing in January 1791. The order itself bought the premises 100 years later and reconstructed it. ![]() ![]() In 1660, the house was sold to a man named Michael Kaiser who would then proceed to turn it into an Inn after obtaining a liquor license from the Benedictine monastery of St. In 1340, they began the construction of their homestead there, the “ Rothe Haus” (Ger.: "The Red House"). Rothaus received its name from the patrician family "Roth", which originated from the region of Klettgau and settled down in Grafenhausen around 1300 AD. Rothaus, at the northern edge of the village of Grafenhausen in the southern Black Forest, is one of Germany's most successful and profitable regional breweries.Īdministrative building of the Rothaus brewery
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