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I think it's hard to argue it's the same company in some cases. The breweries in particular used to be a brewery in said city (the city had right to have a brew
by rplnt 9y ago
I think it's hard to argue it's the same company in some cases. The breweries in particular used to be a brewery in said city (the city had right to have a brewery). Different owners, different locations, later different legal companies, periods of inactivity, etc.. The continuity is lost beyond "there was a brewery in this town 600 year ago".
- gist 9y agoThe list is interesting entertainment but I am skeptical about how they determine oldest other than what a wikipedia page says in some cases. It's not like we are talking about dates which have been certified by experts at auction houses for personal property.
- zerokernel 9y agoI'll just throw in here that faking contracts and certificates has been a huge business in the last ~1200 years or so in Europe. Many cities who claimed to have been founded a thousand years ago (or whatever) had to cede those claims since the historical papers were faked (usually hundreds of years ago).