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34-470: The brewery was founded on 4 February 1803 by Johannes Haas. His father Johann Eberhard Haas was running a tavern in Krombach. According to a regulation of 25 July 1618 the sale of beer was permitted only to restaurants having their own brewery and malt kiln. Therefore, Johannes Haas established the brewery within the family business. The water for the brewery ( Hasbrauerei ) was first brought in barrels from

68-413: A moat around it. In 1698, it was expanded by being given a half-timbered gable. Two outbuildings, the former brandy distillery and the old mill from 1796, are also preserved. This was built in the first half of the 13th century as Saint Lawrence's. It consists of a late Romanesque hall church with a western tower and a three-halled nave with a tower built before it. Built in 1250, the main choir

102-909: A dark beer and distributes Schweppes in Germany. All Schweppes products are manufactured by the Krombacher Brauerei under license from Schweppes Germany. Schweppes Germany (and indirectly Krombacher) both control the German and Austrian licenses for Snapple (not available in Germany/Austria), Dr. Pepper (available since 2006) and Orangina . In 2002, Krombacher Brewery started a Rainforest campaign. It announced that for every crate of Krombacher sold one square meter of rainforest would be saved for at least 100 years. For achieving this, Krombacher Brewery partnered with World Wildlife Fund , famous German television host Günther Jauch promoted

136-464: A horn azure, below, in azure a saltire Or. The horn charge is Ferndorf's old arms, and is also the emblem of the princely house of Nassau-Orange, and thereby also a reference to the town's past. The saltire is a reference to the local geography, as the valleys form a cross shape, and it is a canting symbol, too, since "Kreuztal" literally means "Crossdale" in German (that name does, of course, refer to

170-578: A place called "Berentraph", the later constituent community of Ferndorf, one of the earliest named places in the Siegerland . Until the town was founded, Ferndorf was the old Amt 's namesake. The constituent community of Ernsdorf was first mentioned in a document as "Erinstorff" in 1417-1419. During the time of the Confederation of the Rhine , Ernsdorf was the local mayor's seat. The name that

204-442: A spring at the foot of Grumberg in the west of the village by ox cart to the brewery. In 1854, the brewery owner Haas had to pay annually 17 guilders (Florin) to the church, because the water pipeline was constructed on church property in the village. The relocation to its current site is estimated to have occurred between 1858 and 1879/82. In that time, two caverns were created that served as beer cellars. In 1896, Hermann Haas sold

238-487: Is 12 km, and its east-west extent is 11 km. The town, lying in the northwestern part of the district, borders in the south on Siegen , in the west on Freudenberg and Wenden , in the north on Kirchhundem and Olpe and in the east on Hilchenbach and Netphen . The town is shaped by the valleys of the Ferndorfbach, Littfe and Hees, which together form a cross-shaped valley. The town's highest elevation

272-463: Is a Kreis (district) in the southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . Neighboring districts are Olpe , Hochsauerlandkreis , Waldeck-Frankenberg , Marburg-Biedenkopf , Lahn-Dill , Westerwaldkreis , and Altenkirchen . In 1816–1817, the two districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein were created as parts of the Prussian province of Westphalia. In 1974, the two districts were merged, and in 1984

306-694: Is connected by many regional buslines with surrounding towns. Since 1998, South Westphalia's first private bus service ( Bürgerbus ) has been running. On regional trains and buses, the tariff is that used by the South Westphalia Transport Community ( Verkehrsgemeinschaft Westfalen-Süd ). Kreuztal can also be reached through the Siegerland Airport in the south of the district. Kreuztal is twinned with: Siegen-Wittgenstein Siegen-Wittgenstein

340-793: Is nonetheless within Kreuztal's municipal area. Kreuztal also has South Westphalia's only marshalling yard , and connected thereto is the region's only railway container terminal. This is found in Langenau, and beyond its national functions, it also serves regional goods transport in the Sauerland and Siegerland. To and from the Kreuztal Marshalling Yard, trains run, by way of the national marshalling yard in Hagen -Vorhalle, to all destinations that can be reached by rail. The town

374-403: Is one hall, and the nave two and a half. The pulpit was made in 1764 and the altar table in 1781. The tower that stands today was built in 1706, after the earlier tower was destroyed by a lightning strike. These buildings, built between 1860 and 1880, nowadays house the citizen and culture centre with the town archive . The park was named after the manufacturing family Dresler, who once owned

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408-735: Is the Ostheldener Bach, which feeds the Robertsweier (pond). The Berghäuser Bach, which flows through the Berghäuser Weier (another pond), empties into the Ostheldener Bach downstream from the Robertsweier. The municipal area is part of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge , or Rhenish Slate Mountains. The southernmost constituent community of Buschhütten gives way to the Sieg gorge to the south. While

442-626: Is the basis for the brewed beer. The brewery is one of the largest employers in the city. On the emblem of the brewery the Kindelsbergturm (Kreuztal's landmark) and among the Littfe creek is visible. Krombach is a suburb of Kreuztal near Siegen , a city in a part of Germany called Siegerland , a part of North Rhine-Westphalia . The small town of Krombach is located at the foot of the Rothaargebirge . Krombacher Brewery produces

476-809: Is the mountain Hoher Wald at 655 m above sea level. The peak is however not open to the public, as it belongs to the Bundeswehr . Other mountains are the Hölzenberg 626 m above sea level, Kindelsberg 617.9 m above sea level (the town's landmark), the Martinshardt 616.1 m above sea level, the Ziegenberg 521 m above sea level, the Wilder Stein 478.9 m above sea level, die Rodenull 436 m above sea level,

510-1429: The Köpfchen 407.4 m above sea level, the Pfaffenberg 398.7 m above sea level, the Buberg , the Pühlsberg , the Krähenberg , the Altenhahn , the Löherhauberg , the Höhberg , the Rohberg , the Wolfshagen , the Mühlberg , the Mühlenkopf , the Kilgeshahn , the Siegerberg , the Kohlenberg , the Hohler Stein , the Dudeltätsch and the Heidlofsberg . The town is made up of

544-525: The Netherlands . Kreuztal distinguishes itself with its particularly well developed sporting club life. Almost every kind of sport is offered by the many clubs: The TV Germania Buschhütten 1885 holds its triathlon on the second Sunday in May, an event regarded as one of Germany's most important triathlons. The municipal area is crossed from north to south by Federal Highway ( Bundesstraße ) B 54. Towards

578-675: The Sheraton Palace Hotel in Moscow , Russia. It has been nominated for a restaurant and bar design award during the 2020 award competition. The restaurant averaged 4.5 stars out of 5 possible stars, based on 66 reviews on TripAdvisor , as of June, 2020. Kreuztal Kreuztal is a town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . Kreuztal is a town in

612-501: The bedrock contains many layers of iron -bearing rock, the surface is formed of weathered clayey-sandy earth. The municipal area covers 70.96 km . This breaks down as: The town's highest point is the Hoher Wald at 655 m above mean sea level , and its lowest point is to be found in Buschhütten where the Ferndorfbach leaves the municipal area at a height of 260 m above sea level. The municipal area's north-south extent

646-628: The 22 m-high Kindelsbergturm (tower). It was built in 1907 by the Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein (Sauerland Mountain Club, or SGV) and has had further remodelling in the course of its history. From the top is a view over the municipal area, and in good weather, the viewer can even see into the Siebengebirge near Bonn . The stately home of Junkernhees was originally built in 1523 by a Sir Adam ( der Ritter Adam ) with

680-812: The Ferndorfbach in the inner town. Further tributary brooks to the Littfe are the Langebach, the Heimkäuser Bach, the Breitenbach, the Krombach, the Stendenbach and the Bockenbach. In the town's west end rises the Heesbach, which then runs through the constituent communities of Oberhees, Mittelhees, Junkernhees and Fellinghausen, emptying into the Littfe at the footbridge. One tributary to the Hees

714-407: The brewery for 360.000 marks to Otto Eberhardt († 17 August 1924). Eberhardt ran the brewery as a limited partnership called "Hasbrauerei Eberhardt and Co." and converted it to a corporation in 1905. At the beginning of the 20th century, "Krombacher Pilsener" was introduced, which led to a rapid recovery. In October 1922, Bernhard Schadeberg (the grandfather of current CEO Bernhard Schadeberg) assumed

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748-415: The campaign. The campaign was very successful, but was also criticised. In fact no rainforest was acquired by WWF or Krombacher. Rather, existing nature reserve were supported. Accordingly, a German court decided the campaign was partly anticompetitive. The campaign was started again in 2008. As of 2005, the company's official exports are as follow: The Krombacher Beer Kitchen is a restaurant located at

782-615: The centres of Burgholdinghausen, Krombach and Eichen in the north, Kreuztal in the middle, Osthelden, Oberhees, Mittelhees, Junkernhees and Fellinghausen in the west, and Ferndorf, Kredenbach , Langenau and Buschhütten in the south. The town of Kreuztal as it stands now is the child of the municipal reform of 1 January 1969. It came into being through the voluntary merger of the communities of Burgholdinghausen, Buschhütten, Eichen, Fellinghausen, Ferndorf, Kredenbach, Kreuztal, Krombach, Littfeld, Mittelhees, Oberhees and Osthelden. The first documentary mentions go back to 1067, among which are found

816-567: The geography). Gold and blue are Nassau's colours. [1] At the Stadthalle , lying in the school centre, there are regular theatrical productions. In Ferndorf is the local history museum ( Heimatmuseum ). On show here in about 200 m are finds from prehistory and early history, as well as handicrafts and exhibits about home décor in the 17th and 18th centuries. On the Kindelsberg , the town's second highest peak at 618 m, stands

850-696: The highways run the railways . From north to south runs the Ruhr-Sieg line , and east-west runs the Rothaar Railway through the Wittgensteiner Land towards Marburg . Within the municipal area are six railway stations or halts (as of 2003). The central station lies in Kreuztal (main town). Halts are to be found in Littfeld, Eichen, Ferndorf and Kredenbach. Although it serves Dahlbruch, a constituent community of Hilchenbach, this station

884-513: The low mountains of the northern Siegerland and lies at the western edge of the Rothaargebirge about 10 km north of Siegen . Across the municipal area from the east flows the Ferndorfbach, swinging to the south in the inner town and leaving the municipal area through the constituent community of Buschhütten. In the northern municipal area rises the Littfe, which then runs through the constituent communities of Burgholdinghausen, Littfeld, Krombach, Eichen and Fellinghausen before emptying into

918-456: The management of the company, which has been running as a family business to this day. The current owners are Friedrich Schadeberg and his sister Barbara Lambrecht-Schadeberg, his son Bernhard Schadeberg and his daughter Petra Schadeberg-Hermann. The Krombacher Rock Spring supplying the water for the brewery (together with the "Breitenbach" Dam near Hilchenbach), was discovered by the mountain inspector Fresenius in 1722. The soft, low mineral water

952-471: The mining museum in Hilchenbach-Müsen. The "Ewiger Fuhrmann" – Everlasting Wagoner – is at 150 m one of the world's tallest wind generators , and indeed was the tallest when it was built. The rotor is about 66 m wide. The tower itself is a steel lattice and weighs roughly 145 t. The power house alone weighs 63 t all together. Yearly, it generates about 3 gWh. [2] In the heart of

986-565: The name Siegen-Wittgenstein was adopted. Geographically, it covers the hills southeast of the Sauerland hills, the Siegerland and Wittgensteiner Land . The two upper sections show, to the right, the arms of the Dukes of Nassau , who founded Siegen , and to the left, those of the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein . At the bottom a miner's lamp and a coppicing hook are depicted, in reference to

1020-684: The park. In the park are found the "yellow villa", the "white villa", the wagon shed, the coachhouse (today a restaurant and inn called the Kutscherhaus – the same in German), the music pavilion and the garden house. The wagon shed houses a daycare centre. At the Altenberg between the constituent community of Littfeld and Hilchenbach -Müsen are found the remains of a settlement from the 13th century. A hiking trail leads through this former mining settlement. Archaeological finds are on display at

1054-643: The second most consumed Pilsener in Germany, the Krombacher Pils . An alcohol free variant is also produced. Krombacher Radler is a mixture of 50% Krombacher Pils and 50% lemonade. Krombacher brews Krombacher Weizen , a wheat beer, since 2007 in response to market research. Targeted at young adults, "Cab" is a brand of beer-based mix drinks. Initially meaning "Cola and Beer", three variants are now produced: Cab Cola and Beer, Cab Banana and Beer, Cab Cherry and Beer. All variants are flavored with dragon fruit . Krombacher Brewery also produces Rhenania Alt ,

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1088-595: The south, running parallel to this road is also the B 54n, known as the Hüttentalstraße (HTS) and built as a Stadtautobahn (an Autobahn running through a built-up area ). It connects the town with Autobahn A 45 to the south. Sometime in 2006, the B 54n is to be extended to Krombach in the north of the municipal area, where it will one day connect to the A 4 , which is likewise under construction. Eastwards run Federal Highways B 508 towards Hilchenbach and B 517 towards Kirchhundem and Lennestadt . Parallel to

1122-536: The town is the former entry area to the Kaiser Wilhelm Gallery (an underground gallery) with its Stollenhaus ("Gallery House"), which now houses the town administration's office for schools, kindergartens and sport. The Hamblock Inn lies in the constituent community of Krombach and can look back on 500 years of tradition. Even today, the hitching posts bear witness to the long-distance trade of yore from Frankfurt to Soest and from Wipperfürth to

1156-833: The town now bears first cropped up in 1826 in the baptismal register of the community of Ferndorf. Development in the town was sparked by the railway. In 1861, the Ruhr-Sieg line opened, leading Kreuztal to become a railway hub by 1880. Up to 1888, a spur to Erndtebrück , Bad Laasphe and Marburg was built. Also in the plans was a line to Olpe and Meinerzhagen , but this was only partly finished, as far as Krummenerl . (as of 30 December 2003) The town council's 38 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 September 2004: Note: FW and BGK are citizens' coalitions. Kreuztal's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per fess, above, in Or

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