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Building Number 12 in the printed brochure
"Historic Buildings in Münchberg".

The sign is on the left, next to the entry door.

In the year 1609 a municipal brewery is noted in Münchberg for the first time at the present day address of Kirchplatz 19. It could, however, have already existed for a long time. In 1805 Prince von Hardenberg repealed beer prohibition. Buying and selling of beer was now allowed, and therefore innkeepers could also get their beer from elsewhere. In 1811 there was a further legal easing, since the municipal brewery prohibition was lifted. Consequently, every licensed brewer citizen could brew at home and no longer had to go to the municipal brewery.

For a long time the municipal brewery in Münchberg on the Kirchplatz (later fire engine house) had been worn out. Karl Pöhlmann (Nützel-Bräu) had at this time the most important private brewery in the area. Many licensed citizens brewed with him on Ludwigstraße, because he had the necessary brewing vessels and equipment. When the new city municipal brewery was opened at number 1 Stammbacher Straße in 1850 the city was naturally interested in making this establishment profitable. Therefore, vat money had to be paid, and the beer tax was easier to control. So the city council required all citizen brewers to brew only in their own property at the municipal brewery. With that, Karl Pöhlmann had his means of subsistence taken away. Even his own brother Heinrich was forbidden to brew with him. Heinrich Pöhlmann was forced to brew in the municipal brewery. Because they were very angry about this decision Heinrich Pöhlmann (Bären-Bräu), Georg Meister (Bischoff-Bräu), Friedrich Holper (Mönchsbräu), Christian Meister and Matthäus Braun 1864 founded the Five's Brewery (pictures below) as a cooperative brewery directly across the way on Kulmbacher Street. Out of this later grew the three private Münchberg breweries shown in parentheses.

In 1938 127 brews were registered in the municipal brewery.
From 1890 until 1964 the Government Office of Weights and Measures was housed here, which proceeded from the municipal Bureau of Weights and Measures.