Theodor

Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung, Gm 002
Portrait of Theodor von Tucher (1838–1916)

The family’s entrepreneurship from the "golden" age of the 15th and 16th centuries was not revived by Dr. Lorenz Tucher’sche Stiftung until 1855 – after the Tuchers had not engaged in commercial activities for over 200 years since the Thirty Years’ War. The family foundation acquired the royal Bavarian Stadtbräuhaus of Nuremberg, which was formerly known as the Weizenbräuhaus of the imperial city.

As a risk-taking entrepreneur, Theodor Friedrich Camill Karl Wilhelm Tucher von Simmelsdorf (1838-1916) developed the now "Freiherrlich von Tucher’sche Brauerei" into one of the most important breweries in Bavaria with numerous exports – not only beyond the borders of the kingdom back then, but worldwide. Under his leadership, brewing capacity was continuously increased from the 1870s to the early 1890s, a new production site was inaugurated on Lange Gasse in Nuremberg, and tap rooms were opened in several German cities. After the foundation of a joint-stock company in 1898, Theodor von Tucher, who was the eldest member of the family at the time, acted as chairman of the supervisory board.

Herta von Tucher (1898-1983) produced this posthumous oil portrait of her father-in-law Theodor in the 1920s. She based this on a 19th century photograph, which has been preserved in the collection of family portraits in two prints (Stadtarchiv Nürnberg, E29/X, BI0534, BI0657.

Amelie Gerhard, Claudia Däubler-Hauschke