Świdnicka Cellar

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. 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, during Piast-ruled Kingdom of Poland.

The name comes from the nearby city of Świdnica, from which beer was delivered to the restaurant in the Middle Ages. 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. It was reopened on July 2, 2022.

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

• List of oldest companies

References

External links

• Homepage in Polish
• Facebook page

1. List of oldest companies
2. Wrocław
3. Świdnica