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Świdnicka Cellar
Polish Restaurant Company based in Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Świdnicka Cellar (Polish: Piwnica Świdnicka, [pivˈɲit͡sa ɕfidˈɲit͡ska], German: Schweidnitzer Keller) - Ratskeller based in the medieval cellars of the Old Town Hall in Wrocław, Poland.[1] It was established in 1273,[1] during Piast-ruled Kingdom of Poland.[2]
The name comes from the nearby city of Świdnica, from which dark strong beer was delivered to the restaurant in the Middle Ages.[2] 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.
Above the entrance to the Świdnicka Cellar there is a sculpture by Christian Behrens depicting a drunken reveler with a jug and a mug of beer and his furious wife with a shoe in her hand to punish him.
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Notable visitors
On the wall is a table with the names of notable 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
- Otto Mueller
- Hans Poelzig
- Max Berg
- Oskar Moll
- Alfred Kerr
- Paul Löbe
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