Hofbräuhaus am Platzl

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Hofbräuhaus am Platzl, Munich
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The interior
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Elaborate ceiling
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A Maß of beer at the Hofbräuhaus Wirtsgarten
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Patron's mugs stored under lock and key

The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is a beer hall in Munich, Germany, originally built in 1589 by Bavarian Duke Maximilian I as an extension of the Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München brewery. The general public was admitted in 1828 by Ludwig I. The building was completely remodeled in 1897 by Max Littmann when the brewery moved to the suburbs. Everything but the ground floor ("Schwemme") was destroyed in the bombing of WW II; it took until 1958 to be rebuilt.

History

Wilhelm V. duke of Bavaria found the beer in Munich bad so he imported beer from Saxony. Wilhelm eventually asked his royal court to find a solution. They came up with the idea to create their own brewery in Munich.

Features

The restaurant comprises most of the Hofbräuhaus am Platzl, which also includes a ballroom and outdoor Wirtsgarten. Its menu features such traditional favorites of Bavarian cuisine as Brezn (soft pretzel), Obatzda (cheese dip), Hax'n, and sausages such as Bratwurst and Weisswurst. Brews include Helles and Dunkles served in a Maß, Weißbier, and wine.

Munich's largest tourist attraction after the Oktoberfest, the Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is also frequented by locals, many of whom keep their personal steins stored there. During regular hours traditional Bavarian music is played. The famous Hofbräuhaus song (Hofbräuhaus-Lied), composed in 1935 by Wilhelm 'Wiga' Gabriel, goes: "In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus, oans, zwoa, g'suffa!" ("There's a Hofbräuhaus in Munich—one, two, down the hatch!" in the local dialect).[1]

Innkeepers

  • 1885 – 1896: Martin Ammerloher
  • 1897 – 1906: Joseph Wittmann
  • 1906 – 1919: Karl Mittermüller
  • 1919 – 1930: Hans Parzer (during Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic)
  • 1930 – 1945: Hans Bacherl (during Nazi rule in Germany and WW II)
  • 1945 – 1950: Valentin Emmert (during Post-war)
  • 1950 – 1960: Franz Trimborn (during completion of reconstruction)
  • 1960 – 1970: Toni Steiner
  • 1970 – 1980: Hans Glanegger[2]
  • 1980 – 2004: Michael and Gerda Sperger[3]
  • 2004 – Wirtsfamilien der Söhne Wolfgang and Michael Sperger[4]

Famous patrons

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived around the block from the beer hall in the late eighteenth century. In a poem he wrote, Mozart claimed to have written the opera Idomeneo after several visits to the Hofbräuhaus fortified him for the task. In the nineteenth century, most of the breweries in Munich, including the Hofbräuhaus, were converted into large beer halls, restaurants, and entertainment centers with large, cavernous meeting rooms for weddings, concerts, and plays. In the period just before World War One, Vladimir Lenin lived in Munich and reportedly visited the Hofbräuhaus on a regular basis. In 1919, the Munich Communist government set up headquarters in the beer hall, and in 1920 Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists held their first meeting in the Festsaal, the Festival Room, on the third floor.

After Munich's world famous Oktoberfest (where the Hofbräu has one of the largest beer tents), the Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is Munich's most outstanding tourist attraction and historical monument. Other famous visitors include Marcel Duchamp, Thomas Wolfe,[5] Louis Armstrong, Mikhail Gorbachev, NASA astronauts, and past American Presidents John F. Kennedy and George H. W. Bush.

See also

References

  1. ↑ www.hofbraeuhaus.de (German) Die Geschichte des Hofbräuhauses > Historie > 1935. Retrieved 2013-07-29
  2. ↑ www.hofbraeuhaus.de (German) Die Wirte des Hofbräuhauses. Retrieved 2013-07-29
  3. ↑ Paul Brandt: Das Münchner Hofbräuhaus. Dachau: Bayerland, 1997, ISBN 3-89251-232-9
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  5. ↑ Jeffrey Gaab, Munich: Hofbräuhaus and History (Peter Lang Publishers, NY, 2006)

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