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'''A timeline history of Spaten:'''
* 1397: A brewer named Hans Welser of the Welser Prew at 4 Neuhausergasse is recorded in the Munich tax records. Several ownership changes occurred over the following 125 years.
* 1522: The Welser brewery is bought by family Starnberger.
* 1622: The brewery is taken over by the Spatt family, producing a brew by the Oberspathbräu name, eventually introducing the Spaten brand, referring to spade.
* 1704: Family Sießmayr took over the brewery while retaining the Spaten name.
* 1807: The Royal Hofbräu brewmaster, Gabriel Sedlmayr acquired the Spaten brewery, which at the time was the smallest brewery in Munich.
* 1817: Spaten purchases the Filserbräukeller in Bayerstrasse, which later became known as the Spaten Keller.
* 1839: Following the death of Gabriel Sedlmayr, his sons Gabriel and Joseph take over the brewery.
* 1842: Joseph Sedlmayr withdraws his partnership from Spaten Brauerei and buys the Leistbrauerei.
* 1851: Spaten purchases the property including the Silberbauer Keller in Marsstrasse. Many further acqusitions followed.
* 1854: The move of the entire brewery to Marsstrasse is completed.
* 1861: Joseph Sedlmayr buys the shares of August Deiglmayr, with whom he ran the Fransiskaner Brauerei (Franziskaner Leistbräu) since 1858.
* 1867: Spaten Brauerei becomes the largest brewery in Munich and maintains its top position until 1890s. Spaten Brauerei receives a golden medal for their German beer at the World Exposition in Paris.
* 1874: Johann, Carl and Anton Sedlmayr take over the brewery from their father Gabriel Sedlmayr.
* 1884: The graphic artist Otto Hubb designs the Spaten logo, which is still in use.
* 1891: Spaten Brauerei founded a branch in London selling the “Spaten Munich Lager” brand.
* 1894: Spaten becomes the first Munich brewery to brew lager in Pilsener style, the “Spaten Münchner Hell”, intended for sale in northern Germany.
* 1895: Spaten is the first brewery to introduce the Hell (lager) in Munich. Other Munich breweries follow its example.
* 1909: Spaten begins to export its beer on a regular basis to America.
* 1911: Heinrich and Fritz Sedlmayr, sons of Anton and Carl Sedlmayr, become chairmen of Spaten Brauerei.
* 1922: Spaten Brauerei and Franziskaner Leistbräu unify into a joint stock company, named ''Gabriel & Joseph Sedlmayr Spaten-Franziskaner-Leistbräu AG''. In the same year, a contract of interessengemeinschaft (interest sharing group) was signed with [[Löwenbräu|Löwenbrauerei]].
* 1924 The still today used slogan “Lass Dir raten, trinke Spaten” was coined, meaning “Let yourself be advised, drink Spaten”.
* 1926 The Spatenbräu Heilbier was introduced to the market, which from 1941 was named Vollmalz.
* 1943/45 Spaten Brauerei suffers severe damage due to bombing raids by World War II allied forces.
* 1950 The export to Europe and overseas resumes.
* 1964 The first [[Weißbier]] by the Spaten Brauerei, the “Champagner Weiße”, is introduced at the Oktoberfest.
* 1992 Spaten Brauerei exceeds the one million hectolitre mark.
* 1997 Spaten Brauerei and Löwenbräu merge into a joint stock company.
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