Archive record · Brewery
Brauerei Locher Oberegg
Oberegg, Switzerland
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- 1852
- Archive ID
- TB-TPGE3Y8D
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Type: Official Oberegg district history says Johann Joseph Locher began brewing in 1852. The Oberegg brewery remained a separate family company from the Appenzell Locher brewery, was sold to Calanda Bräu AG in 1972, later used as storage, dissolved in 1992 and demolished in 1994. Status: CLOSED — SOLD TO CALANDA 1972; Local brewing ended. Locher family → CALANDA Critically distinct from current Brauerei Locher AG in Appenzell. Johann Christoph Locher founded the Appenzell lineage in 1886 but the two firms remained separate.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Johann Joseph Locher1852
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official Oberegg history says Johann Joseph Locher began brewing in 1852.
- Succeeded by Magdalena Locher1898
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official district history says Magdalena took over after her husband's fatal accident, a notable female brewery leadership case for the period.
- Acquired by Calanda Bräu AG1972 – 1992
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official Oberegg history says the brewery was sold to Calanda in 1972; Calanda later used the buildings as storage before company dissolution in 1992.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The People
Behind the beer
Official district history
Official district history
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