Archive record · Brewery
Brauerei zum Drahtschmidli
Zürich-Unterstrass, Switzerland
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- 1843
- Archive ID
- TB-4JQ3GDM6
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Type: Wilhelm Reiser established the brewery at the former Drahtschmidli bath site in 1843. Ownership and leases changed repeatedly; Martin Haller brewed from 1855 until his death in 1882, and Gustav Steuble later acquired the brewery in 1887. Tunnel-blasting damage spoiled stored beer, brewing was subsequently abandoned, customers passed to Hürlimann, and the site came to the City of Zürich in 1906. Status: CLOSED — Historical brewery; Property transfer TO CITY 1906. REISER → Meiss / lessees → HALLER → STEUBLE City/Dynamo history confirms the brewery-to-municipal-site transition; exact final brew year remains held.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Wilhelm Reiser1843
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0526 ("FOUNDER / OWNER"). The Regensburg-born brewer acquired the Drahtschmidli estate on 3 August 1842 and built its brewery in 1843; a cellar explosion clouded the stored beer and the venture was short-lived. The site much later became the Dynamo youth culture house.
- Owned by Gottfried von Meiss von Teuffen1848 – 1855
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Meiss received the property from Reiser's estate and leased the brewery.
- Owned by Martin Haller1855 – 1882
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Haller bought and operated the brewery until his death.
- Owned by Gustav Steuble1887
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Steuble purchased the brewery in 1887; exact brewing-end year remains unresolved.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The People
Behind the beer
Acquired the property in 1842 and built the brewery in 1843.
Received the property through Reiser's estate in 1848 and leased the brewery.
Acquired the property in 1855 and brewed there until his death in 1882.
Leased the brewery after 1882 and bought it in 1887.
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