Piwnica Świdnicka
Świdnicka Cellar
IndustryRestaurant
Founded1273
HeadquartersRynek Ratusz 1,
Wroclaw
,
Poland
Outside view from 1859

Piwnica Świdnicka (German: Schweidnitzer Keller), or Świdnicka Cellar in English, is a Polish restaurant company based in the medieval cellars of the Old Town Hall in Wrocław, Poland.[1] 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[2] during Piast-ruled Kingdom of Poland.[3]

The name comes from the nearby city of Świdnica, from which beer was delivered to the restaurant in the Middle Ages.[3] 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.

Famous visitors

Bilingual (Polish/German) wall table with the names of famous visitors

On the wall is a table with the names of famous visitors including:

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka". www.krn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka". www.krn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. 1 2 Vincenc, Agnieszka (19 September 2013). "Wrocławskie kamienice: Piwnica Świdnicka" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 February 2017.


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