Zwickau is described as an “oppidum” (city) for the first time

Oldest traditional brewing regulations entered into Zwickau’s town charter 

Margrave Wilhelm II imposed a ban on beer on 30 villages surrounding Zwickau

Mountain cellars are created in Zwickau

A total of 273 residents in Zwickau are entitled to brew beer

Saxon law pertaining to the establishment of breweries

The beer ban is lifted

Founding of Zwickau’ brewery association

Ground-breaking ceremony for the club brewery of Zwickau’s brewery association

First brew of simple beer

Founding of a health insurance company in the club brewery

First payment of a dividend in the amount of 6 thalers to the members of the brewing association

Largest amount of beer brewed is 48,976 hectolitres
(1859–1889)

The Zwickau brewinh association is composed of 767 shares

The Zwickau brewing association is dissolved and converted into a stock corporation (AG) Vereinsbrauerei zu Zwickau

Use of electricity in the brewery

The brewed volume exceeds 60,000 hectolitres for the first time

Inflation! Profits in the amount of 269,428,794,692.31 German Marks, no dividend payments

The brewed volume exceeds 100,000 hectolitres for the first time

Decline in business, 1931-1934 no dividend payments

War-related use of the brewery’s mountain cellar by the Deutsche Kugellagerfabrik GmbH in Böhlitz-Ehrenberg

Expropriation and liquidation of the Vereinsbrauerei zu Zwickau stock corporation, conversion into a state-owned company (VEB Vereinsbrauerei zu Zwickau)

Merger of the VEB Vereinsbrauerei Zwickau, the VEB Sächsische Union-Brauerei and the VEB Brauerei Planitz into the VEB (K) Brau-Kombinat Zwickau

Conversion of the VEB (K) Brau-Kombinat Zwickau into the VEB Zwickauer Brauereien in the beverage combine Karl-Marx-Stadt

Sale of a strong, light-coloured beer named “ Mauritius” on the 850th anniversary of the city of Zwickau

Gradual expansion of the VEB Zwickauer
Brauereien into 18 business units

Start of sales of the “Hopfenkrone” brand

Founding of the Mauritius Brauerei i. A. (under development)

Sale of the Vereinsbrauerei Zwickau, the Sächsischen Union Brauerei Zwickau and the Feldschlösschen Brauerei Werdau by the Treuhandstadt (trust) to the Dinkelacker Brauerei AG Stuttgart

Renovations to the Mauritius Brauerei begin, lasting several years 

First Mauritius Brewery Festival

The brewed volume of the Mauritius Brauerei exceeds 400,000 hectolitres for the first time

Mauritius Brauerei GmbH becomes part of the Interbrew
Brauerei Group (2005 Brauereikonzern Inbev)

The Mauritius Brauerei is purchased by its management, thereby releasing it from the Inbev Brauereikonzern

Conversion of the Mauritius Brauerei into an independent, medium-sized privately-owned brewery

"150 years of the art of brewing in Zwickau" anniversary