St. Marx Brewery
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Why this matters
A major Vienna brewery in the city's third district, absorbed into Schwechat in 1913 to form United Breweries Schwechat, St. Marx, Simmering, and long since demolished. It exists as a record here mainly to hold a correction in place: St. Marx is repeatedly credited with the invention of Vienna Lager, and it did not invent it. Anton Dreher created that beer at Klein-Schwechat in 1841, seventy-two years before St. Marx became part of the same company. The archive holds both breweries separately so the two cannot quietly become one. Its founding year is not established here and is left unknown.
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Timeline
- 1913Merged into Schwechat
Forms United Breweries Schwechat, St. Marx, Simmering. The founding year of St. Marx is not established here.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1913Merged into Schwechat
Forms United Breweries Schwechat, St. Marx, Simmering. The founding year of St. Marx is not established here.
No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.
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Sources
- historyConfirmed
St. Marx did NOT originate Vienna Lager. Anton Dreher created it at Klein-Schwechat in 1841; St. Marx merged into Schwechat in 1913. Recorded because AI-generated research supplied to the archive attributed the style's creation to this brewery.
Anton Dreher and the origin of Vienna Lager · Wikipedia and brewing-history sources, cross-checked · 2026
ReferenceMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-20Reviewed 2026-08-20
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 St. Marx Brewery
- Who owns St. Marx Brewery?
- St. Marx Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
- Is St. Marx Brewery independent?
- Yes. St. Marx Brewery is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- Is St. Marx Brewery still open?
- No. St. Marx Brewery has closed. Austria Dreher pass, 2026-08-20. Created to place Vienna Lager's origin correctly: the style was created at Klein-Schwechat in 1841, not at St. Marx, which merged into Schwechat in 1913.
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