The People.
In 1429 was the first mentioning of a beer brewer at the present-day location of the Gablerbräu. The pioneer’s name was Peter Zeysar. The Gablerbräu operated unabated as large old town brewery until 1914.
1535 the family Gapler took over the brewery inn, 1650 the brewing master was a certain Niclas Gapler. 1680 the name “Gablerbräu” was mentioned for the first time, not derived from the word “Gabel” but from the family name Gapler.
In the 18th century family Elixhauser were the owners of the property at the Linzer Gasse. They owned the Stieglbräu, the Guglbräu, and the Höllbräu, too. At the beginning of the 19th century the Family Gansl (the Salzburger “Ganslhof reminds of them) took over the Gablerbräu.
But the most shaping years were those when the family dynasty Mayr owned the Gablerbräu, then still inclusive a hotel. Franz May sen. was also the owner of the Hotel “Zum Goldenen Schiff” at the Residenzplatz, which at the end of the 19th century was one of the leading addresses in Salzburg. Franz Mayr sen. had four sons. Two of them, Franz und Fritz Mayr, led the Gablerbräu to prosperity. The famous opera singer Richard Mayr (1877 – 1935), another son, was born in the Gablerbräu building. The Richard-Mayr chamber with its many memories on the walls is named after him.
Franz Mayr jun. has given the Wappenstube its current landmark-protected appearance in 1911. He provided the models for carvings of 20 Late Medieval Episcopal shields as well as for the neo-Gothic interior, which can be admired until now. He got his inspirations from gothic treasures form the country of Salzburg like the “Rauriser Hallenschrank”.