Świdnicka Cellar

Świdnicka Cellar
Piwnica Świdnicka

South facade of the Old Town Hall with the entrance to the restaurant
Industry	Restaurant
Founded	1273
Headquarters	Rynek Ratusz 1, Wroclaw , Poland

Outside view from 1859

The Świdnicka Cellar (Polish: Piwnica Świdnicka, [pivˈɲit͡sa ɕfidˈɲit͡ska], German: Schweidnitzer Keller) is a Polish restaurant company based in the medieval cellars of the Old Town Hall in Wrocław, Poland.[1] It is the third-oldest Polish company in existence, as well as the oldest restaurant in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe, having been established in 1273,[1] during Piast-ruled Kingdom of Poland.[2]

The name comes from the nearby city of Świdnica, from which beer was delivered to the restaurant in the Middle Ages.[2] Świdnica was a renowned brewing centre, and its beer was served in restaurants called "Świdnicka Cellars," which existed in large cities such as Kraków (Piwnica Świdnicka w Krakowie), Toruń, and Wrocław, the last of which still operates to this day. The restaurant closed on December 29, 2017.[3] It was reopened on July 2, 2022.[4]

Famous visitors

Bilingual (Polish/German) wall table with the names of famous visitors

On the wall is a table with the names of famous visitors including:

• Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
• Joseph von Eichendorff
• Józef Wybicki
• August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Frederic Chopin
• Ferdinand Lassalle
• Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
• Juliusz Słowacki
• Karl Eduard von Holtei
• Gustav Freytag
• Gerhart Hauptmann
• Paul Keller
• Otto Mueller
• Hans Poelzig
• Max Berg
• Oskar Moll
• Alfred Kerr
• Paul Löbe
• Hugo Hartung

See also

• List of oldest companies

Bibliography

• Okólska, Halina; Papenbrock, Cornelia; Wołoszyn, Ewa, eds. (2002). Piwo we Wrocławiu: od średniowiecza po czasy współczesne: wystawa, październik 2002. Wrocław: Muzeum Miejskie. ISBN 978-83-917909-0-8.

References

1. "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka". www.krn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
2. Vincenc, Agnieszka (19 September 2013). "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
3. "Miasto odzyskało Piwnicę Świdnicką. Najstarsza piwiarnia w Europie zamknięta do odwołania". gazetawroclawska.pl (in Polish). 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
4. Chrzczonowicz, Piotr (2012-04-03). "Idea końca świata w doktrynach i praktykach tzw. sekt i nowych ruchów religijnych, Toruń, 7 grudnia 2011 roku" (PDF). Paedagogia Christiana. 29 (1). doi:10.12775/pch.2012.015. ISSN 1505-6872.

External links

• Homepage in Polish
• Facebook page

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