Köstritzer
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| Location | Bad Köstritz, Thuringia, Germany | ||||||||
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| Coordinates | 50°55′50″N 12°0′53″E / 50.93056°N 12.01472°E | ||||||||
| Opened | 1543 | ||||||||
| Annual production volume | 700,000 hectolitres (600,000 US bbl) | ||||||||
| Owned by | Bitburger (since 1991) | ||||||||
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The Köstritzer brewery is one of the oldest producers of Schwarzbier (black beer) in Germany. It is in Bad Köstritz, close to Gera in Thuringia.