Königsbacher is a brewery in Koblenz

Koblenz

Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...

, in the Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

 state of Germany

Germany

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. Since its foundation in 1689, it has a tradition of brewing beer in the Old Brewery (Altes Brauhaus) in the historic center of Koblenz. In 1992, the Königsbacher Brewery was taken over by the Karlsberg Group. The Königsbacher Brewery's brands, but not the brewery building, were sold to the Bitburger

Bitburger

Bitburger brewery is a large German brewery founded in 1817 by Johann Wallenborn.Bitburger ranks number 3 among Germany's best selling breweries with annual sales of 3.86 million hectolitres in 2008, the best known product being Bitburger Premium Pils.-History:Johann Peter Wallenborn founded the...

 brewery in early 2010.

Overview

The name comes from a small river neat Koblenz named Königsbach (King's River), whose clear water allowed to brew beer: Königsbacher is German for "from the Königsbach" (from the King's River).

Products include:

• Königsbacher Pilsener (a pilsener
  Pilsener
  Pilsner is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the city of Pilsen , Bohemia, in today's Czech Republic, where it has been developed since 1842, when a bottom-fermented beer was first produced. The original Pilsner Urquell beer is produced there today.-Origin:Until the mid-1840s, most ...
  
   beer)
• Königsbacher Export
• Königsbacher 1689
• Nette Edel Pils (after the Rhine's Nette
  Nette (Rhine)
  The Nette is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. It rises in the Eifel, south of Nürburg. The Nette flows east through Mayen before reaching the Rhine between Weißenthurm and Andernach....
  
   River)
• Zischke Kellerbier
• Königsbacher Radler
• Königsbacher Mai-Bock
• Königsbacher Fest-Bock

Sponsoring:

• The Königsbacher Brewery is a big sponsor for some sportsclubs of Koblenz, such as the TuS Koblenz
  TuS Koblenz
  TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...
  
  football club (soccer).

External links

Koenigsbacher.de (official website)