Hofgut Kronenhof: brewpub, Graf Zeppelin Brewhouse, events, equestrian facility and agriculture in Bad Homburg
Bad Homburger Brauhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Zeppelinstraße 10, 61352 Bad Homburg v.d.H.New on Amplifa
About the Kronenhof
The Kronenhof of Bad Homburger Brauhaus GmbH & Co. KG is a family-run estate farm on the outskirts of Bad Homburg, managed by the Wagner family in the fifth generation. At the heart of the operation is the Graf Zeppelin brewpub, where beers such as Helles, Dunkles, Märzen and a light beer are brewed in an artisanal, all-natural way – right in the guest room in copper kettles. The brewing barley comes from the farm's own agricultural cultivation on the estate's fields, supplemented by Taunus spring water and hops. In addition, the offering includes a restaurant with regional cuisine, a beer garden with views of the Frankfurt skyline and the Taunus, heated log cabins and brewing seminars. The beers are available as 1-liter swing-top bottles and, by pre-order, in 10- or 30-liter kegs. The Kronenhof also hosts weddings, family celebrations and conferences and operates a modern equestrian facility with boarding horses. Energy supply is partly based on renewable energies, since 2010 via a photovoltaic system.
- Site
- Bad Homburg v.d.H.
- Processes
- Brewpub (house-brewed beer, beer to go in swing-top bottles and kegs), Events, weddings, family celebrations and conferences, Heated log cabins, Equestrian facility with horse boarding, Agriculture (own brewing barley, renewable energies: combined heat and power plant, photovoltaics), Brewing seminars
- Materials
- Bad Homburg brewing barley from own cultivation, Hops, Spring water from the Taunus
- Industries
- Gastronomy, Brewing, Agriculture, Events/Conferences, Equestrian sports
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Cultivation of brewing barley in own agriculture
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Artisanal beer brewing in the Graf Zeppelin Brewhouse
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Gastronomy and beer garden
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On-site serving and farm-gate sales (swing-top bottles, kegs)
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Events and conferences
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Equestrian facility and horse boarding
Brewery and Raw Materials
Bad Homburg brewing barley from own cultivation
The barley for the beers grows on the estate's own fields on the outskirts of the farm.
Hops
High-quality hops for Helles, Dunkles, Märzen and Leichtes.
Spring water from the Taunus
Brewing water from the region.
Locations
Hofgut Kronenhof, Bad Homburg v.d.H.
DEBrewhouse, gastronomy, event venue, equestrian facility, agriculture
- Materials
- Own brewing barley, Taunus spring water, hops
- Graf Zeppelin Brewhouse with copper kettles
- Combined heat and power plant (rapeseed oil)
- Photovoltaic system (since 2010)
- Heated log cabins
- Equestrian facility
Offer
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1885
Purchase of the property at Louisenstraße 14 (on the market square) by Johann Wilhelm Wagner; previously the Gasthaus zur goldenen Krone inn and a post station of Thurn and Taxis; carriage hire business and farm, court supplier to the imperial house.
- 1910
Imperial airship parade on the fields of the Kronenhof under Kaiser Wilhelm II.; the airships Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg and Parseval were tethered to farm wagons of the Kronenhof.
- 1953
Relocation of the operation to the outskirts of town on Urseler Straße; transition to grain and sugar beet cultivation, horse boarding from 1960.
- 1973
Expansion of the horse boarding operation.
- 2000
Opening of the Kronenhof on Zeppelinstraße with the Graf Zeppelin Brewhouse, equestrian facility and renewable energies.
- 2010
Operation in the 5th generation by Stefan Georg Wagner; operation of a photovoltaic system.