Originally the historical Wurstkuchl was a small building attached to the city wall which during the construction of the Old Stone Bridge between 1135 and 1146 was used as a building office.

Once the bridge was finished – in those days celebrated as the eighth wonder of the world – the office was closed and the small building became the “Garküche auf dem Kranchen”, a kitchen providing slow-simmered meals for crane workers. The kitchen´s customers were dockers and builders hence the name “Kranchen” a former word for crane.

There were plenty of dockers in those days as the wealthy trading patricians of the free city of Regensburg used the port intensively for centuries as place of trans-shipment for goods from all over the world. The hungry workers however mainly came from the building site of the Regensburg cathedral. Exactly when the simmered meat in the “Garküche” was indeed replaced by finer sausages is not known.

t is assumed that they were introduced by the pro-prietor Wolfgang Miezam towards the end of the 18th century. At the beginning of the 19th century the new pro-prietor Wolfgang Schricker started up a new era of the family Schricker which prevails to this very day.

The present owners are the family Schricker-Meier. Admittedly – the historical Wurstkuchl together with the cathedral and the Old Stone Bridge has become part of compulsary sightseeing programmes for most Regensburg visitors. We really enjoy having guests from all over the world providing the old Wurstkuchl with an aura of international flair. We are however, and continue to remain a place of tradition. This is true above all for the quality of our food and drin

k. And to say the least, this is why the people of Regensburg have remained so loyal to us for so many centuries.

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