Wow, this web page looks like it hasn't been updated since 1439: http://www.luebeckaltstadthotel.de/
I love coming across old sites like that. So much nostalgia. :)
List of oldest companies: Before 1300
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#32Universities aren't included?
You must be United Statian who thinks that every organization must exist for profit and othervise it is evil communist, including garbage collectors, social security, police and military, educatiın, ambulance etc
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#33The 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.
Franziskaner weissbier is also one of my favorites, right up there with Weihenstephaner hefeweissbier. Both are top 5 German beers in my book for sure. They are both extremely easy to find in California (SF Bay Area) as well, which is great!
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#34Don't recognize most of them but the other day I learned Nokia was incorporated in 1871 and it is still around.
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#35I've had the amazing opportunity to stay at Hoshi Inn (4th oldest on the list)! I keep the card on my desk (https://i.imgur.com/AyWUGhg.png :-)
The courtyard garden the inn is built around is absolutely stunning, and the hot springs were the best out of all the ryokans we stayed at in Japan. The best part though is the hotel is actively managed and operated by the family - these wonderful people will meet you at the door.
There is concern about the future of the hotel, as the son who was assumed to take on ownership of the inn passed away suddenly, leaving the responsibility to the adult daughter. She's seems exceptionally capable (not to mention is incredibly pleasant), but she is unmarried/childless and seems unsure of her desire to marry or assume ownership of the inn. Clearly it would not be the same if the business continued on operated by someone outside the family.
I highly recommend watching this short film about the situation: https://vimeo.com/114879061
edit: replaced "bloodline" with "family" as I've been told Japanese culture resolves bloodline continuity issues via adult adoption.
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#36Should not the church be on top of this list?
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#37I 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.
The future of Hoshi Inn (#4 on list) is uncertain as well, see my other comment for details https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16187837
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#38I had a fun run-in with this q couple of years ago. We had a field in company profile fkr the year of founding whose validator was '4 digits'.
I laughed, but this reminds me of an article that was posted here a while ago: http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programm...
It's very easy to get dates wrong.
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#39I've had the amazing opportunity to stay at Hoshi Inn (4th oldest on the list)! I keep the card on my desk ( https://i.imgur.com/AyWUGhg.png :-) The courtyard garden the inn is built around is absolutely stunning, and the hot springs were the best out of all the ryokans we stayed at in Japan. The best part though is the hotel is actively managed and operated by the family - these wonderful people will meet you at the…
It is traditional in Japan to adopt people into family firms.
eg see http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/japanese-adoption-ra...
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#40The 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…
Of course lager was only invented in the nineteenth century, so presumably they made very different beers before that.