Josty-Brauerei, Architectural heritage monument in Oranienburger Vorstadt, Berlin, Germany.
Josty-Brauerei is a five-story building with neo-Renaissance elements in the Oranienburger Vorstadt district. The facade displays ornate details, and the complex features interior courtyards along with three wings containing service areas.
Swiss entrepreneur Daniel Josty founded the brewery in 1831, initially producing chocolate beverages before switching to malt beer production. Operations ended in 1903 when production ceased.
The name recalls two Swiss brothers: Johann Josty opened Café Josty, while Daniel Josty founded the brewery in 1831 and sold a chocolate drink before brewing malt beer. The malt beer became a success, but brewing stopped in 1903; the yard later held a horse stable and a sausage factory.
The brewery block stands in a rear courtyard off Bergstraße, reached through the passage of the 1878 street-front tenement; the facade is best seen from that courtyard, not the pavement. The complex lies in the Rosenthaler Vorstadt, a short walk from Oranienburger Tor and Nordbahnhof stations. The 1994–95 renovation by Elwardt and Lattermann followed years of vacancy.
The brewery building stands in a rear courtyard on Bergstraße, not on the street itself; the 1878 rental house and two three-storey service wings built between 1860 and 1880 belong to the same listed ensemble. The architects Hermann Enders and Hahn designed the five-storey brewhouse in 1890–1891, and Elwardt and Lattermann received a heritage award for the 1994–1995 renovation.
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