!!!Dreher, Anton der Ältere b. Klein-Schwechat (municipality of Schwechat, Lower Austria), June 7, 1810, d. Klein-Schwechat, Dec. 27, 1863, major industrialist; father of Anton Dreher the Younger. Apprentice under brewmaster Meichl, then took over his father's brewery in Klein-Schwechat in 1836; brewed a bottom-fermented beer stored in large cellars ("Schwechater Lagerbier"). From 1861 member of the Landtag and the Reichsrat. !Literature OeBL; NDB. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Dreher,_Anton_der_Ältere|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]