Piwnica_Świdnicka

Świdnicka Cellar

Świdnicka Cellar

Polish Restaurant Company based in Poland

The Świdnicka Cellar (Polish: Piwnica Świdnicka, [pivˈɲit͡sa ɕfidˈɲit͡ska], German: Schweidnitzer Keller) 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]

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Outside view from 1859

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. The restaurant closed on December 29, 2017.[4] It was reopened on July 2, 2022.[5]

Famous visitors

Bilingual (Polish/German) wall table with the names of famous visitors

On the wall is a table with the names of famous visitors including:

See also

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References

  1. [1]
    "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka". www.krn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. [2]
    "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka". www.krn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. [3]
    Vincenc, Agnieszka (19 September 2013). "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Miasto odzyskało Piwnicę Świdnicką. Najstarsza piwiarnia w Europie zamknięta do odwołania". gazetawroclawska.pl (in Polish). 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  5. [5]
    Chrzczonowicz, Piotr (2012-04-03). "Idea końca świata w doktrynach i praktykach tzw. sekt i nowych ruchów religijnych, Toruń, 7 grudnia 2011 roku". Paedagogia Christiana. 29 (1). doi:10.12775/pch.2012.015. ISSN 1505-6872.

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