Weihenstephan () is a part of Freising north of Munich, Germany. It is located on the Weihenstephan Hill, named after the Weihenstephan Abbey, in the west of the city. Weihenstephan is known for: * the

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Weihenstephan Abbey, founded 725, which established the oldest still-operating

brewery A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...

in the world in 1040 (see History of beer). The brewery is now a company called '' Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan'' (Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan, i.e. it is owned by the State of Bavaria) and closely related to the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and its graduate studies program for

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and

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manufacturing.Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan
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es of the Technical University of Munich, namely the School of Life Sciences * the Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf * the , a formerly state-operated

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that also closely cooperated with the TUM and its agricultural studies programme, but which has now been sold to the

Müller Müller may refer to: Companies * Müller (company), a German multinational dairy company ** Müller Milk & Ingredients, a UK subsidiary of the German company * Müller (store), a German retail chain * GMD Müller, a Swiss aerial lift manufacturi ...

dairy group. * the Sichtungsgarten Weihenstephan, a notable horticultural garden

Climate

References

Freising (district) 1040s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire History of Bavaria History of Altbayern {{bavaria-geo-stub