FAMILY

A brief history of OeTTINGER to mark German Beer Day

Today is a special day for us. One which demands we celebrate properly. After all, April 23 is a date...

Welcome Gino Biondi

Over the course of 2022, we made great progress with the streamlining of our OeTTINGER Brewery and our product range...

A journey through Swabian-Franconian history: Senior boss opens village museum Anno 1900

The Anno 1900 village museum in Fürnheim am Hesselberg, Middle Franconia, offers a glimpse into what life may have been...

Günther and Ingrid Kollmar Foundation awards three new scholarships

The Günther and Ingrid Kollmar Foundation will celebrate its 10th birthday on November 5. In the run up to this...

OeTTINGER Brewery history: The night it rained beer

May 28, 2011 in the small Bavarian town of Oettingen. We are outside OeTTINGER Brewery’s Brauhaus Nord, standing beneath the...

OeTTINGER Brewery history: The underground beer pipeline. Myth or reality?

The reality Yes, it’s true: We do indeed have an underground beer pipeline! What is now customary at Oktoberfest, large...

New Forstquell Brewery website invites visitors to linger and enjoy

Tradition meets innovation: Just in time for the start of the beer garden season, the website of the Forstquell Brewery...

Outstanding achievement: Recipient of Kollmar scholarship awarded the Bavarian Federal State Government Master Prize

Credit where credit’s due: Earlier this year, Tina Meierhuber passed her exam to become a certified HR Manager with flying...

Scholarships awarded by the Günther and Ingrid Kollmar Foundation in 2021

Last Friday, the Günther and Ingrid Kollmar Foundation invited this year’s scholarship recipients to the OeTTINGER Brewery. A group of...

OeTTINGER welcomes its first female apprentice professional driver

Brewery history in the making: Jennifer Nitschke is the first female to start an apprenticeship as professional driver with OeTTINGER....

Regional across Germany – the shortest direct route to your door!

Original OeTTINGER drinks do not travel far before customers can get their hands on them. After being brewed and filled...

One family, three homes

Oettingen in Bavaria, Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia and Braunschweig in Lower Saxony – these are our homes. This is where...

The future is all yours – congratulations to our OeTTINGER apprentices!

In this year alone, a total of eight apprentices have successfully completed their training in various exciting areas at our...

OeTTINGER brewing culture: Film about beer in and from Bavaria

Beer has always been part of Bavarian culture in some form or another. Now, as part of the TV series...

Brewing vat transforms ordinary roundabout into a real landmark

In the early 1970s, we started working on plans to expand our brewery in Oettingen. In so doing, new brewing...

A tradition of top quality: OeTTINGER awarded DLG prize for long-standing product quality

Award-winning product quality is a proper OeTTINGER tradition: It is hardly surprising, then, that our Oettingen, Mönchengladbach and Braunschweig sites...

OeTTINGER Brewery history: From horizontal to vertical beer

It will soon be half a century since the year 1972, when our first large storage tanks arrived in Oettingen. They...

The courage to go his own way: How Günther Kollmar shaped our success story

As a young man, Günther Kollmar (1937 to 2013) had always wanted to make a vocation out of history. In...

OeTTINGER Brewery history – how the Höhenbergers became the Kollmars

In 1935, Hedwig Höhenberger married elementary school teacher Otto Kollmar amidst an abundance of both beer and wine in Forstquell...

Pia Kollmar ranked among the 100 most influential German businesswomen

In its first edition of 2021, the German business magazine manager magazin included Pia Kollmar, our majority shareholder and Managing Director of...

Tradition since 1731

“My family are firm believers in one of life’s most precious commodities: Beer! It is at the heart of our...

"Beer is the heart of our family"

Read a rare interview with the head of our brewery below. Pia Kollmar spoke to B4B Schwaben on a range of subjects,...

Vocational training as a recipe for success: OeTTINGER welcomes its new apprentices

OeTTINGER Brewery welcomes its new apprentices into the world of work: Since the beginning of September, the business’s headquarters in...

Michael Griess becomes National Sales Director at OeTTINGER Brewery GmbH

Michael Griess (54) is to become the new National Sales Director for the brand business of OeTTINGER Brewery GmbH from...

"Top Employers in the Donau-Ries District" – OeTTINGER Brewery among the top three

OeTTINGER Brewery has held its top spot amongst the three best employers in the Donau-Ries district, according to the ranking...

"Heroes of the road": OeTTINGER Brewery's drivers honored with IRU Diploma of Honor

At its headquarters in Oettingen, Bavaria, OeTTINGER Brewery has honored nine lorry drivers for their excellent service to the company...

Years filled with passion and dedication: Oettingen celebrates a jubilee milestone

Here at OeTTINGER, as a tradition-conscious family company, the value we place on our staff and on maintaining good relationships...

Welcome to professional life: Apprentices begin their future with OeTTINGER

For young people, the first day of an apprenticeship represents the start of a new chapter in their lives.  On September...

OeTTINGER Brewery: All company shares back at family and company HQ in Oettingen

Yesterday, Pia Kollmar purchased the shares held in the brewery by the late Dirk Kollmar. Therefore, all of the company...

Three action-packed days of fun: OeTTINGER Brewery Trainee Event in Gotha

Sharing experiences, making new contacts or perhaps catching up with familiar faces among the circle of trainees again – the...

“I’ve always thought programing was cool!”

What exactly is a help desk? What is the relevance of data protection in terms of employee information? And what...

"Top Employers in the Donau-Ries District" – OeTTINGER Brewery among the top three

The people of Donau-Ries, a district in Swabian Bavaria, Germany, have had their say: OeTTINGER Brewery has been voted one...

Congratulations on passing the Master Craftmaster's Exam!

Honour where honour is due! Managing Director Dr. Andreas W. Boettger and shareholder Pia Kollmar congratulated Sophia Piechatschek on passing...

OeTTINGER long-service employees honoured

The annual ceremony to honour the OeTTINGER Brewery’s long-service employees was held in mid-November. 36 employees were honoured, with an...

Anniversary: "Goldene Ochse" has been serving OeTTINGER beer for 20 years

Representatives of OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH thanked the landlords, the Jung-Bissinger family, for their good cooperation over 20 years in November...

9th Bavarian Beer Queen visits the OeTTINGER brewery

Royal audience in Oettingen: Last week the 9th Bavarian Beer Queen, Johanna Seiler from Appetshofen, visited our brewery’s head office.  Her...

Bavarian State Prize for top grade

This year’s graduates were presented with their certificates on 20 July 2018 at the State Vocational Centre in Starnberg. 20-year...

Jakobi Festival: Four magnificent days and good news for Oettingen

Four magnificent days in Oettingen: Since last Friday, the home of OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH has been in the throes of...

Leading the way: We are a new member of the Bavarian Family Pact

The OeTTINGER Brewery has been a member of the Bavarian Family Pact since April 2018. Michael Höhenberger (Ministerial Director of...

"Notables from around the world hosted in Oettingen - Beer culture experienced in the Danube-Ries region OTABLES"

“Why wander off to far-flung climes… When the good things are close to home.” Against the background of these words,...

"Happiness means brewing a beer that people love!"

What does happiness mean in the Danube-Ries region? This question was the focus of an image video about the beauty...

"We can move mountains together!”

Together back to our former strength and onwards to pastures new! This was the message that went out from the...

OeTTINGER brewery sets the course for the future, launches new products and honours long-service employees

The focus of the Oettinger Brauerei GmbH Works Assembly for the Gotha site, which the Works Council had convened in...

Management complete: Peter Böck is appointed new Sales and Marketing Director

The appointment of Peter Böck as Sales and Marketing Director now completes the Executive Board of the OeTTINGER Brewery. Alongside...

Andreas Boettger is our new Technical Director

Andreas Boettger is the new Technical Director of OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH. The 52-year old has many years of experience in...

Career’s Path Compass in Harburg on 21 October 2017

The 16th Career’s Path Compass was held in Harburg at the end of October. OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH was one of...

Jobs with a future at OeTTINGER Brewery

Four talented young people embarked on their professional lives with the OeTTINGER Brewery at the start of the new apprenticeship...

Church fair and cabaret

Once again this year, OeTTINGER employees celebrated the Jakobi Church Fair over four days. Apart from the procession, the boat...

OeTTINGER Brewery relies on innovations and the continued success of its Blind Tasting Tour

OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH has been through eventful months and faces even more major challenges. The traditional family-owned company provided information...

Gotha town council honours the life's work of Dirk Kollmar

The OeTTINGER Brewery was not just celebrating the 25th anniversary of its operation in Gotha last Saturday. The company and...

Four new apprentices at the OeTTINGER Brauerei

Four young people started their apprenticeship at OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH on 1 September. Managing Director Michael Mayer together with HR...

Summer in the city 2016 in Oettingen

The team lined up at the start of the Oettingen Run and we even secured a place on the podium:...

OeTTINGER Brauerei works assembly: Family-Run character remains intact

The company celebrated a double first at the OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH Works Assembly, which the Works Council had called last...

OeTTINGER brewery trainees pass their final examination

All six trainees and two students at OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH have passed their final examination – some with outstanding results...

OeTTINGER Brauerei honours long-standing employees

Once again this year, a dinner was held in the Forstquell Brewery in Fürnheim to honour the long-standing employees at...

OeTTINGER Brauerei in the "Thüringer Allgemeine"

"A prize that carries the name of Dirk Kollmar" - an article from the Thüringer Allgemeine dated 25 August 2015....

Young up-and-coming brewers

The OeTTINGER Brewery greeted its eleven new apprentices with a unique welcome. The apprentices were all invited to attend an...

Managing Director Michael Mayer celebrates his 60th birthday

Managing Director Michael Mayer celebrated his 60th birthday on 23 February 2015. OeTTINGER employees felt it was right to organise a...

Jörg Fritze is appointed National Sales Manager at OeTTINGER Brauerei

Since July, authorised officer with procuration Jörg Fritze has been responsible for brand operations at OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH in his...

Final examination for brewers and maltsers

OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH was selected by the Swabian Chamber of Industry and Commerce to hold this year’s final examinations for...

Federal award of honour for the Mönchengladbach brewery

The Mönchengladbach brewery, the OeTTINGER brewery’s subsidiary plant in Mönchengladbach, has now been presented with the Federal Award of Honour...

Portrait: Bernd Zindler, Production Scheduler

We do everything we can to meet the needs of our customers...

Portrait: Jörn Schneider, Bottling

Quality improvement is an ongoing process and, above all, means taking responsibility for your own work...

Portrait: Alexander Schlatterer, Shift Manager

OeTTINGER is really a family business for me...

Portrait: Veronika Dambacher, Brewer

From the province to become Germany´s market leader...

Portrait: Johann Dietrich, Master Brewer

The product development process is never the same and always exciting...

Portrait: Moritz Krech, Master Brewer

Having said that, one of my favourite jobs is the check that I have to do in person: tasting the...

Portrait: Siegfried Hanisch, Production

Together with my team I am responsible for ensuring that our machines produce reliably...

Portrait: Patrick Lindenberg, Master Brewer

My day-to-day job constantly takes me around all the different production sections within the brewery...