Świdnicka Cellar
 South facade of the Old Town Hall with the entrance to the restaurant | |
| Industry | Restaurant |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1273 |
| Headquarters | Rynek Ratusz 1, , |
Piwnica Świdnicka (German: Schweidnitzer Keller), or Świdnicka 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 "Świdnicka 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
- Paul Keller
- Otto Mueller
- Hans Poelzig
- Max Berg
- Oskar Moll
- Alfred Kerr
- Paul Löbe
- Hugo Hartung
See also
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.
- ^ a b Vincenc, Agnieszka (19 September 2013). "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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