![The workforce of Haldengut Brewery in 1889, with director Fritz Schoellhorn sitting in the centre.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/schoellhorn-titelbild-300x225.jpg)
The pioneering brewer with an honorary doctorate
Fritz Schoellhorn was a successful businessman, brewer and owner of Haldengut Brewery in Winterthur. He was even awarded an honorary doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) for his technical and scientific achievements.
![Fritz Schoellhorn from an obituary, 1933.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/nachruf-179x300.jpg)
![Painting of an aerial view of Haldengut Brewery, circa 1906.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/brauerei-haldengut-300x160.jpg)
![On a shopping expedition with the boss: buying hops in the German town of Hallertau. Fritz Schoellhorn is on the right. Photo taken in 1906.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/fritz-hopfeneinkauf-300x218.jpg)
![Cutting ice for breweries on Lake Klöntal, circa 1900.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/eissagen-klontalersee-300x194.jpg)
![A peek inside the director’s office, 1913.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/buro-direktor-300x217.jpg)
![Beer was gradually transported using motor vehicles instead of horses. Photo dated 1913.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/bier-transport-300x179.jpg)
![Lilly Schoellhorn, wife of Fritz, with their daughters Hanna and Elsa.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/mutter-tochter-300x237.jpg)
![Director Fritz Schoellhorn on horseback in front of his brewery, 1906.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/fritz-pferd-300x224.jpg)