Radeberg
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Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The company Elektronik Radeberg GmbH, formerly well known in East Germany for the production of portable television sets, is located there.
The town has an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and an old castle. Its principal industries are the manufacture of glass, machinery, furniture and paper, and it produces a light lager "Radeberger Beer
Radeberger Brewery
Radeberger started in 1872 when the brewery was founded as „Zum Bergkeller,“ in Radeberg, a town in the vicinity of Dresden.Radeberger ranks number 9 among Germany's best selling breweries.This beer was also brewed for a period for the King of Saxony...
" which is largely exported.
History
Radeberg was mentioned for the first time in 1219, when farmers settled on the country to the large Roeder. The name of the place is probably derived from this river. In less than 150 years a market place, a castle and own units developed. In the year 1412 the municipal law was lent to the small market town.500 years ago silver was found close of the town. The discovery site thereupon renamed in silver hill. The mine was however fast exhausted.
Radeberger Brewery
The Radeberger BreweryRadeberger Brewery
Radeberger started in 1872 when the brewery was founded as „Zum Bergkeller,“ in Radeberg, a town in the vicinity of Dresden.Radeberger ranks number 9 among Germany's best selling breweries.This beer was also brewed for a period for the King of Saxony...
was founded in 1872, and is part of the Oetker Group
Dr. Oetker
Dr. Oetker is a German company that produces baking powder, cake mixes, yogurts, frozen pizza and pudding.Also included in the portfolio are a maritime freight business, a bank, a publishing company, an insurance outfit, a brewery and a number of high class hotels all over...
. It brews Radeberger Pilsner
Radeberger Brewery
Radeberger started in 1872 when the brewery was founded as „Zum Bergkeller,“ in Radeberg, a town in the vicinity of Dresden.Radeberger ranks number 9 among Germany's best selling breweries.This beer was also brewed for a period for the King of Saxony...
, a 4.8% abv
Alcohol by volume
Alcohol by volume is a standard measure of how much alcohol is contained in an alcoholic beverage .The ABV standard is used worldwide....
pale lager
Pale lager
Pale lager is a very pale to golden-coloured beer with a well attenuated body and a varying degree of noble hop bitterness. The brewing process for this beer developed in the mid 19th century when Gabriel Sedlmayr took pale ale brewing techniques back to the Spaten Brewery in Germany and applied it...
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