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List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by kaeluka »

iagooar wrote: post #12

The oldest restaurant in Europe is in Wroclaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piwnica_Świdnicka I once went there without knowing the fact, and it amazed me. It feels so different to sit between those old walls, trying to imagine how the place used to be before or during WWII, or in the 13th century...

Stiftskeller St. Peter is much older, according to this list: before 803.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by patja »

geofft wrote: post #16

Wow, this web page looks like it hasn't been updated since 1439: http://www.luebeckaltstadthotel.de/

When you are successful and have stood the test of time, who needs a website? In 100 years or so, there probably won't be such a thing as html in popular use any longer.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by craftyguy »

liberte82 wrote: post #11
mywittyname wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe that it is tradition for the founding family to adopt the next generation head of the business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_adult_adoption#Econom...

That seems like cheating.

Yea this would be extremely OP in ck2.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by navidfarhadi »

The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel.

Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy their beers.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by GotAnyMegadeth »

I felt quite sad to read the fate of the top of that list

> Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組 Kabushiki Gaisha Kongō Gumi) is a Japanese construction company which was the world's oldest continuously ongoing independent company, operating for over 1,400 years until it was absorbed as a subsidiary of Takamatsu in 2006.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by pavel_lishin »

navidfarhadi wrote: post #26

The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

Seconding. Weihenstephaner is usually my beer of choice if it's on the menu.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by mongol »

StoraEnso is marked as Finland, but that is due to a recent merger and the location of the HQ of the current company. The company Stora Kopparberg operated a mine in Falun, Sweden from which company shares exist from 1288.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by Fenrisulfr »

navidfarhadi wrote: post #26

The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

Amazing beer, agreed. Another recommendation: My favorite Munich-style weiss beer is from Franziskaner (founded in 1363). It's in my top 3 beers of all time.
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