Piwnica Świdnicka
Industry | Restaurant |
---|---|
Founded | 1273 |
Headquarters | Rynek Ratusz 1, Wroclaw , |
Piwnica Świdnicka (German: Schweidnitzer Keller), or Świdnica Cellar in English, is a Polish restaurant company based in the medieval cellars of the Old Town Hall in Wrocław, Poland.[1] It is the third oldest Polish company in existence as well as the oldest restaurant in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe, having been established in 1273[2] during Piast-ruled Kingdom of Poland.[3]
The name comes from the nearby city of Świdnica, from which beer was delivered to the restaurant in the Middle Ages.[3] Świdnica was a renowned brewing centre, and its beer was served in restaurants called "Świdnica Cellars", which existed in large cities such as Kraków (Piwnica Świdnicka w Krakowie), Toruń, and Wrocław, the last of which still operates to this day.
Famous visitors[]
On the wall is a table with the names of famous visitors including:
- Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Joseph von Eichendorff
- Józef Wybicki
- August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Frederic Chopin
- Ferdinand Lassalle
- Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
- Juliusz Słowacki
- Karl Eduard von Holtei
- Gustav Freytag
- Gerhart Hauptmann
- Otto Mueller
- Hans Poelzig
- Max Berg
- Oskar Moll
- Alfred Kerr
- Paul Löbe
- Pablo Picasso
See also[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Świdnicka Cellar. |
References[]
- ^ "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka". www.krn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka". www.krn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Vincenc, Agnieszka (19 September 2013). "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
External links[]
- Restaurants in Poland
- Tourist attractions in Poland
- 13th-century establishments in Poland
- Buildings and structures in Wrocław
- Polish company stubs