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Feldschlösschen

Feldschlösschen Getränke AG
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryBeverages
Founded1876
FoundersTheophil Roniger
Mathias Wüthrich
HeadquartersRheinfelden, Aargau, Switzerland
ParentCarlsberg Group
Websitehttps://feldschloesschen.swiss/en/

Feldschlösschen is a Swiss beverage and brewing company based in Rheinfelden, in the German-speaking canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Founded in 1876, the company operates the biggest brewery in Switzerland by production, the Feldschlösschen Brewery. It bought out Cardinal in 1991, and became a division of Carlsberg in 2000. In addition to beer, it also produces non-alcoholic beverages and mineral waters.[1]

History

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Feldschlösschen was founded in 1876 by the brewer Theophil Roniger, the son of an innkeeper, and Mathias Wüthrich, the son of wealthy farmer.[2] The brewery was built on Bözberg railway line.[2] Its castle-style building, which is still maintained today, gave the brewery the name Feldschlösschen (lit. 'small castle of the field').[2] Converted into a joint-stock company in 1890, Feldschlösschen benefitted from its favorable location and the purchase and closure of breweries throughout Switzerland, becoming the country's largest beer producer in 1898.[2]

In 1970s, Feldschlösschen began producing non-alcoholic beverages.[2] It acquired the breweries Warteck [de] in 1989 and Sibra in 1991.[2] Feldschlösschen held a 46% share of the Swiss beer market in 1996, when it merged with Hürlimann (7% share) to form Feldschlösschen-Hürlimann Holding (FHH), which became a real estate company in 2000 after selling the beverages business to the Danish company Carlsberg.[2]

Products

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Feldschlösschen produces the following brands:

Similarly named German brewer

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Feldschlößchen (with the eszett, ß)[a] is the name of a brewer in Dresden, Germany, with no relation. See: Feldschlößchen (Dresden) [de].

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Swiss German always uses ss in place of the eszett ß

References

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  1. ^ "Feldschloesschen Getraenke AG". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Andreas Steigmeier: Feldschlösschen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 22 December 2015.
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