Franziskaner's roots can be traced back to 1363. It was in this year that the brewer Seidel Vaterstetter is first mentioned as the owner of the 'brewery next to the Franciscans' in the Munich Residenzstrasse. The name 'Franziskaner' derives from the Franciscan monastery diagonally across the street. 1841 The Franziskaner Brewery moves to Lilienberg in Munich's eastern suburb of Au. In the same year Augustin Deiglmayr, a son-in-law of Spaten's owner Gabriel Sedlmayr the Elder, buys the Residenzstrasse brewery. 1861 Joseph Sedlmayr, owner of the Leist Brewery (probably founded in the 15th century) and son of Spaten's Gabriel Sedlmayr the Elder, buys out August Deiglmayr, with whom he has been co-running the Residenzstrasse brewery since 1858. 1909 Gabriel Sedlmayr III, the son of Joseph Sedlmayr, turns the Franziskaner-Leist Brewery into a family-owned joint stock company, the 'Joseph Sedlmayr Zum Franziskanerkeller (Leistbräu) AG'. 1984 Franziskaner starts expanding its nationwide channels of distribution. The success to date proves the rightness of its decision. 2000 Today Franziskaner weiss beers are produced and bottled in one of the world's most modern production plants. At the turn of the millennium Franziskaner is one of the market leaders in the weiss beer sector, a clear indication of the popularity of this premium weiss beer. 2003 In the 2002/2003 brewing year, Franziskaner once again increases its sales volume and exceeds the magical figure of 1 million hectolitres (26.4 million gallons) for the first time. Despite a general decline on the German beer market, Franziskaner Weissbier thus makes a considerable contribution to the positive development of the Weissbier segment, securing its position as the global No. 3 on the Weissbier market.
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