The Barre and Mencke families

The Barre and Mencke Families

The Barre family of brewers maintains the largest family burial plot in the municipal cemetery.

Ernst Johann Barre of Lübbecke founded the Ernst Barre private brewery in 1842. Louis Barre succeeded his father as head of the company, introduced mechanical cooling to the brewery, and brought it up to the state of the art. Sales were also massively expanded under his leadership. For example, starting in 1885, the Bremen shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd purchased 300,000 bottles annually from Lübbecke. The following generations (Ernst Ludwig Barre I, Ernst Ludwig Barre II, and Ernst Ludwig Barre III) continued the course of consistent modernization. At the same time, strict attention was paid to the high quality of the beers produced.

Ernst Ludwig I steered the brewery safely through World War I and the subsequent global economic crisis. After his death, his son Ernst Ludwig II had to take over responsibility at the age of just 31. Under his leadership, the brewery successfully weathered World War II as well as the difficult period of reconstruction. Finally, Ernst Ludwig III confidently guided the company into the modern market economy. Since 1998, Christoph Barre has been running the brewery as the sixth generation.

Across the way stands the largest obelisk in the Lübbecke cemetery. It is the tomb of August Mencke and his family. In 1886, he founded the Mencke und Holle cigar factory, which was the city’s second-largest tobacco factory. The company ceased operations in 1956. His residence in the middle of Lange Straße is easily recognizable; the factory building behind it on Niedernstraße has since been demolished and replaced by a new structure.</poi>

Lübbecke

The Barre and Mencke families

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