Wall-Fleischhauer

Wall-Fleischhauer was a spirits producer based in Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia. Historical trade-directory material records the firm in 1934 as Wall-Fleischhauer, Inhaber Gebrüder Fleischhauer and later as Wall-Fleischhauer oHG at Großer Wall 15/19. The company continues to appear in directory records for 1951, 1955, 1969 and 1981, documenting a long post-war presence in Emmerich’s spirits industry.

Wall-Fleischhauer produced a broad range of spirits rather than a single speciality. Surviving bottles include herbal bitters, liqueurs and fruit-based products, while Hammstein Rheinischer Aquavit shows that aquavit was also part of the range. A historical photograph of the Wall-Fleischhauer premises survives in the Emmerich city archive and was reproduced by the Niederrhein Chamber of Commerce as part of a retrospective on the city’s industrial history.

The historic Emmerich operation no longer produces spirits there. The Wall-Fleischhauer name nevertheless survives commercially: the present Wall-Fleischhauer Kräuter-Bitter is manufactured by Moosbur Brennerei in Kevelaer-Wetten according to an old Lower Rhine recipe.