Schultheiss-Brauerei / Schultheiss-Patzenhofer
Berlin, Berlin, Germany · Est. 1842
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Berlin's biggest brewing name, and a 125-year run that outlasted two world wars and the first half of the Cold War. Berlin city heritage sources date the predecessor brewery to 1842 under August Heinrich Prell, with Jobst Schultheiss — whose name stuck to it — taking over in 1853. The Prenzlauer Berg site brewed until 1967. The detail that stops you is in the Landesarchiv holdings: the corporate archive preserves later East AND West Berlin branches, which is to say the wall ran straight through the company.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1842Founded by August Heinrich Prell
The predecessor brewery, per Berlin city heritage sources.
- 1853Jobst Schultheiss takes over
The name that stuck.
- 1967Prenzlauer Berg site closes
Landesarchiv records preserve the corporate archive and later East and West Berlin branches.
Follow the money
How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1842Founded
- 1853Jobst Schultheiss takes over
The name that stuck.
No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.
Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://www.berlin.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/3560308-3558930-kulturbrauerei.html for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Germany master, Pass 25 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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Dated evidence as recorded in Germany Pass 25: 1842, 1853, 1967.
Tally's Germany master, Pass 25 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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1842 is the brewery, founded by August Heinrich Prell, with Jobst Schultheiss taking over in 1853. Recorded explicitly because Wikidata gives 1871 for this brewery, which is the joint-stock incorporation rather than the founding — the disagreement should not be rediscovered every time the Wikidata checker runs.
Tally's Germany master, Pass 25 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Schultheiss-Brauerei / Schultheiss-Patzenhofer
- Is Schultheiss-Brauerei / Schultheiss-Patzenhofer still open?
- No. Schultheiss-Brauerei / Schultheiss-Patzenhofer has closed. Germany Pass 25. Closed 1967. Founder: August Heinrich Prell / Jobst Schultheiss succession. Status as recorded: CLOSED / HISTORICAL LINEAGE. Historic Berlin brewery lineage. Berlin city heritage sources date the predecessor brewery to 1842 and Jobst Schultheiss's takeover to 1853; the Prenzlauer Berg brewing site operated until 1967. Landesarchiv records preserve the corporate archive and later East/West Berlin branches.
- When was Schultheiss-Brauerei / Schultheiss-Patzenhofer founded?
- Schultheiss-Brauerei / Schultheiss-Patzenhofer was founded in 1842 in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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