A Long History Of Quality Beer Brewing In Munich

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Introduction
Munich has a long history of quality beer brewing dating back to the time of the Holy Roman Empire, and today it is the premier tourist location within Germany, with over 6 million tourists visited Munich in 2014 (München Betriebs-GmbH & Co. KG, 2014) , who in turn generates a huge demand for beer which draws the interest of many breweries to tap in to the market. The benefits from the city of Munich creates an extremely strong force of agglomeration due to the large home-market effect from the tourists, the large available pool attracted by its rich historical context, and the industry atmosphere created by the number of competing breweries in Munich and the surrounding towns, as well as the sense of prestige associated with Munich …show more content…

By looking at the map, one can see a hieratical pattern, with brewery owned restaurants located in close proximity to Marienplatz, the beer manufacture sites owned by large breweries are located around the city of Munich, and the smaller breweries instead clustering around smaller towns such as Augsberg, and Ulm.
The area near Marienplatz, which most frequent by tourists, are filled with restaurant owned by large breweries that serve beer from the brewery as well as hearty Bavarian food, such that it more effectively taps into the tourist market than selling beer by itself, which would be targeted more toward the locals. As the beer industry benefits from the tourism industry, the tourism industry also benefits from the beer industry as it lists the largest brewery owned restaurants as tourist attractions, such as the state owned Hofbräuhaus and the Ancient Wiesses bräuhaus owned by G Schneider & Sohn. As such, the tourism industry and the brewing industry work together to form a mutual benefit as they work together to enhance the profit of both …show more content…

Through, they would not locate too far away from the core as to minimize transportation cost. For example, Spaten-Franziskaners-Bräu is located to the North-west of the core in the borough of Maxvorstadt, and the Paulaner Brauerei is located south of the core across the Isar River, despite it owns multiple properties within the

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