Carlsberg Deutschland sells its Landskron Brauerei
In an effort to optimise its structures (read: cut costs) Carls-berg Deutschland has sold the Landskron Brauerei in Görlitz, located in the eastern part of Germany to the Dr. Lohbeck foundation for an undisclosed sum. The brewery which was bought by Holsten in 2003 and was later passed on to Carlsberg when Carlsberg took over Holsten, has 75 employees and a capacity of 200,000 hl beer. The Dr. Lohbeck foundation was set by Rolf Lohbeck, an entrepreneur from the western part of Germany. Rolf Lohbeck must enjoy his newfound role as gentleman brewer because he makes his money with a series of residential care homes and several historic castle hotels. He already owns one other brewery in his hometown of Schwelm near Wuppertal, which he and his wife saved from closure in 2000. As both brewery sites are not exactly what real estate agents would call “prime locations”, you would not expect Rolf Lohbeck to have bought them for their land value or to turn them both into nursing homes.
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