Berliner-Kindl-Brauerei am Brauhausberg, Former brewery complex in Teltower Vorstadt, Potsdam, Germany
Berliner-Kindl-Brauerei am Brauhausberg is an industrial complex made of sturdy brick with several functional buildings including storage halls, a bottling plant, and office structures along Albert-Einstein-Strasse. The entire facility spreads across the slope of Brauhausberg mountain and took advantage of its natural features for production.
The Hoffmann brothers founded their brewery in 1873, and it is documented at the foot of the Brauhausberg from 1884. In 1896 they turned it into a joint-stock company and sold it the same year to the Vereinsbrauerei Rixdorf, from 1910 Berliner Kindl, which built storage halls, a new cooling house and a directors' house to plans by Hans Claus. From 1948 to 1990 it ran as VEB Brauerei Potsdam; production ceased in 1995, and the renovation of the western part was completed in early 2016.
The name Brauhausberg comes from the ice cellars that Potsdam breweries dug into the hill in the 19th century to store and ferment beer. The Hoffmann brothers opened their brewery at its foot in 1884, adding a second brewhouse, a taproom with beer garden and a cold store by 1890. Today the brick buildings hold flats and townhouses.
The renovated site is today accessible as residential complex Hofgarten am Brauhausberg and offers a good overview of the former industrial architecture. The brick construction and overall composition allow visitors to understand the structure and layout of the former production facility.
The name Brauhausberg comes from the ice cellars that Potsdam breweries drove into the hill in the 19th century to store and ferment beer. The Hoffmann brothers' brewery, documented at the foot of the hill from 1884, later added a cooling house with then-modern refrigeration technology by 1890.
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