Henninger Brewery
Henninger was the name of a brewery in Frankfurt's Sachsenhausen district, which was known by at the bicycle race Around the Henninger Tower nationwide. The brands and distribution rights for the brand Henninger were sold to the immediately adjacent Binding Brewery in 2001; 2002 from the group holding Binding -Brauerei AG Radeberger group. The Henninger Bräu AG is now a subsidiary of Radeberger group. The estate of the former Henninger Bräu AG owned the Actris AG.
The Henninger -Turm, a former grain silo on the edge of the former brewery site, was considered one of Frankfurt's landmark and was also many air travelers from the approach because of its side sitting on a cubic tower beer barrel-like restaurant - essay published on the Frankfurt am Main airport.
History
Henninger was born in 1655 when Eberhard Stein founded a brewery. 1873 came a native of Erlangen Heinrich Christian Henninger brewery in the stone, and brought it together with Johannes Stein, a descendant of the founder. Henninger had previously purchased breweries in Erlangen and Nuremberg and sold after a certain time. The brewery led henceforth the name Henry Henninger & Sons, Brewery stone. In 1881 was followed by the conversion into a corporation a renewed name change towards Frankfurt brewers Society - formerly Henninger and sons.
After buying several competitors in 1921 and a related but times change of name (brewery Henninger Kempff star and Joh.Gerhard Henrich AG) Henninger Bräu AG was founded in 1935 to more memorable name renamed.
1951 led the Henninger Brau AG on demand stationed in Frankfurt American soldiers was the first brewery of Germany, a beer can. In the same year was brought to the market with the Henninger Kaiser Pilsner later leading brand of the brewery. In 1953 the export.
1958 imposed a ban on the City of Frankfurt, to navigate the city with horses and carts. Until then, the breweries had supplied their restaurants with team trains, which they now gradually replaced by trucks. Only for representation purposes Henninger operational until 2000 winning team. It was a year in up to 80 events for use, for example in the carnival parades in Frankfurt and Heddernheim.
1961 for an extension of the maltings a malt silo was built, it was with a revolving restaurant at its peak nearly 120 meters high, and for many years the tallest building in the city. As Henninger Tower, the building first became a symbol of the emerging business and soon became a landmark of the city was. In order to promote the acceptance of the public initially disputed structure, found in 1962 was the first time the race Around the Henninger Tower instead, which was one of the most important cycling race with an international cast in Germany over many decades. In the 1960s, Henninger beer was exported to many countries or brewed under license, including Greece, Spain and the United States. 1970 a majority stake in the Mannheim oak tree Breweries was acquired. In the 1970s, Henninger was at times the largest single German brewery.
In 1980, Reemtsma the majority at the Henninger brewery in 1987, the group Brothers in March from Rosenheim. Due to the declining beer consumption in Germany, but also because of entrepreneurial mistakes Henninger group came belonged to the then also on regional brands such as Jever, increasingly in trouble. The popular Kaiser Pilsen in 1984 replaced by the beer - Christian Henninger to meet a national flavor to the target. Same time, new bottles and cases of beer were introduced. The new boxes had 16 instead of the previous 20 bottles, but they were sold at the same price. This meant that the beer consumption plummeted regular customers. Only after years of step was undone and the brewery was able to regain its former strength in the short term.
In 1995, the first brewery Henninger in Germany with the " Henninger Radler " national beer mixed drink. The highly successful 0.5-liter tin had the peculiarity that it was the first marketed in Germany product that was offered with two brand names on the packaging, " Henninger Radler " on one side and " Henninger Alsterwasser" on the other side. Another new product that was at times heavily advertised in the 1990s, was the " Highlander ", a, according to the brewery produced from Whiskymalz bright smoke beer.
Following the bankruptcy of the March Group in 1996 took over the Mannheim entrepreneur Dietmar Hopp 1999, the majority of Henninger. He renamed the company in Actris around, put the brewery on the old site and sold the trademark rights in 2001 to the members of the Oetker Group rivals Binding. In Germany today the Radeberger Group holds the rights to the brand. For foreign markets it is partially licensed to other beverage companies, such as for the Greek market to Carlsberg A / S, where the Kaiser- Pilsener Henninger is a popular beer.
The former Henninger site will be built by the owner Actris 2016 with offices and homes. The Henninger Tower was demolished in the summer of 2013. In its place, a residential tower will be built, similar to the old tower.