Sternburg Bier (Marke der Radeberger Group)

About Sternburg

Sternburg, colloquially known as Sterni, is a beer brand originating from the former Sternburg brewery in the Leipzig district of Lützschena, which existed between 1822 and 1991. The beer is now brewed and bottled by the Radeberger Group and sold mainly in eastern Germany; in 2006 its market share there was 9.5 percent. The historic brewery was taken over in 1822 by Maximilian Speck von Sternburg, operated from 1823 in the Bavarian brewing style with bottom-fermented lager beers, and in 1913 renamed Brauerei Sternburg G.m.b.H. Leipzig-Lützschena, at that time one of the largest breweries in Central Germany. In 1989, around 500 employees produced approximately 500,000 hectoliters of beer. After nationalization in the GDR and a re-establishment in 1990, production in Lützschena ended in 1991; since 1992 the Reudnitz brewery has continued the brand, with Sternburg Export being its best-known variety.

Site

Leipzig-Lützschena

Founded

1822

Industries

Brewing / Beverage industry

1. 01

   Lützschena Brewery (until 1991)

2. 02

   Sachsenbräu AG

3. 03

   Reudnitzer Brauerei

4. 04

   Radeberger Group (today's brand)

Sites

Products

Inside the production

History

1. 1278

   First documented mention of the brewery at the Lützschena manor

2. 1795

   License granted to serve and sell beer

3. 1822

   Maximilian Speck acquires the Lützschena manor with its brewhouse

4. 1823

   Serving rights at the Leipzig Burgkeller; conversion to a Bavarian-style brewery, sales under the name Sternburg

5. 1834–1836

   Construction of a larger brewery (Freiherrliche Speck von Sternburg'sche Bairische Bierbrauerei)

6. 1913

   Renamed Brauerei Sternburg G.m.b.H. Leipzig-Lützschena; largest brewery in Central Germany

7. 1947

   Nationalization, assigned to VVB Brauereien Dresden

8. 1968

   Operational division of the VEB Getränkekombinat Leipzig

9. 1972

   Markranstädt brewery attached as operational division VII

10. 1989

    Approx. 500 employees, approx. 500,000 hl of beer produced

11. 1990

    Founding of Sternburg Brauerei GmbH in cooperation with Stuttgarter Hofbräu

12. 1991

    End of brewing production in Lützschena (May 15, closure August 31)

13. 1992

    Reudnitzer Brauerei continues the brand; Sterni Export/Pils become discount brands

14. 1997–1999

    CMA quality seal for several varieties

15. 2002–2005

    New varieties: Radler (2002), Diesel (2003), Doppelkaramel (2004), Hefeweizen (2005)

16. 2024

    Construction work for the residential quarter Zur Alten Brauerei (539 apartments) on the former brewery site