Castle Brewery - Victor Steiner

Victor Steiner was born on September 1, 1790. His parents were Simon Victor Steiner, born on June 17, 1762 and his wife Miriam Marianne, née Einstein, born on March 10, 1769 in Laupheim. Victor Steiner was married to Zemirah (Sophie) Reichenbach (Moos), born on April 12, 1799 in Hohenems. The couple had 12 children - Simon (Victor), born May 1, 1819, - Karolina, born May 1, 1820, - Gabriel, born March 25, 1826, - Daniel, born July 7, 1827, - Emilie (Esther), born July 27, 1828, - Henriette (Helene), b. June 30, 1829, - Johanna (Jeanette), b. Sep 15, 1831, - Kilian, b. Oct 9, 1833, - Jette, b. July 19, 1835, - Hermann, b. born on September 14, 1837, - Bertha, born on December 18, 1838, - Pauline, born on April 27, 1840,   died March 20, 1899 - Before Victor Steiner, together with master brewer Franz Josef Lauterwein from Oberkirchberg, acquired the castle complex and the brewing rights on the castle in March 1843, he had run a leather goods shop in the village. After Josef Lauterwein's retirement and the resolution of disputes over brewing rights with local innkeepers in 1852, Victor Steiner took over the castle brewery as sole owner in 1853 and turned it into a modern, efficient brewery with extensive building work (installation of a brew kettle room in the eastern part of the castle - conversion and extension of the engine house). After Victor Steiner's death, his children took over the property until 1894, when his son Kilian Steiner acquired the castle from his siblings and modernized it by installing a central heating system. The boiler house at the castle brewery was enlarged and a malt house was built in 1896. Kilian Steiner set up a farm for his son Adolf Wohlgemuth, which he developed into an experimental and model farm. A large English-style landscape garden was created at the foot of the Schlossberg. In 1955, the castle brewery gave up beer production.