To be well

Inns and taverns have been important places of social life since time immemorial. There used to be a large number of them in Schwandorf too.
In addition to social interaction, the consumption of food and drink, including wine and beer, is also an integral part of this, not only in our European culture. This year's summer exhibition at the Schwandorf Town Museum is dedicated to the latter and the various local breweries and inns in earlier times.
It is interesting to imagine that there were actually several breweries in this town in the past, which were located very close to today's town museum - as the Brauhausstraße, which is located right here, shows.
After several large private breweries were founded in the middle of the 19th century, only two breweries remained in Schwandorf under one management, which still maintain a diverse brewing tradition today: the Schlossbrauerei Naabeck and the Weißbierbrauerei Plank, Wiefelsdorf.
The once numerous inns and beer taverns that lined the market square with traditional names such as "Zur Post", "Zu den drei Lilien", "Zum weißen Rössl", "Zur goldenen Gans" or "Zum schwarzen Adler" have disappeared, as have those with particularly characteristic names such as "Zum wilden Mann", "Zum Riecher" or "Zum letzten Fünferl". They used to be found all over the city.
The smart hotels, which even welcomed guests with a beer garden near the railway station, have long since given way to other uses or new buildings. It's a good thing that the Schwandorf town archives and town museum, in particular, have a wealth of informative photographic material and special collector's items to illustrate this exhibition.

Last edited on 07.10.2024