One German pub owner is still serving at 87 | DW Documentary

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • At age 87, landlady Hildegard Schweinsberg is still behind the bar every day. Her pub "Zur Börse" is the heart and soul of the small village of Neuhaus. People meet here to drink, relax and catch up. What will happen if this tradition dies out?
    A church, a cemetery and a pub surrounded by fields and forests - the scene of a typical, idyllic German village. But it's becoming increasingly rare. Many people are moving to the cities, and in the villages there are fewer places to meet and catch up. The pub has always been an integral part of country life, and for one lucky village of 1500 people, it's still a thriving tradition. In Neuhaus on the river Elbe, Hildegard Schweinsberg has been running "Zur Börse" for nearly 60 years. And at age 87, she still can't imagine ever giving up, despite often needing a walker to serve her customers. And there's no one to take over anyway. A report by Linda Vierecke.
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Комментарии • 41

  • @boufontleflamingoetta8433
    @boufontleflamingoetta8433 2 года назад +6

    The man helping his wife with dementia killed me. He’s so careful with her and has such deference for her. That’s love; everlasting love.
    Bless them.

  • @mariamkamal
    @mariamkamal 6 лет назад +23

    The best evidence that age is just a number especially when you do what you really love.. God bless her.

  • @tanjapetties9965
    @tanjapetties9965 6 лет назад +10

    87 and young 😘
    🎊 Congratulations Oma for keeping your Pub open and your self apart of your towns community...Thank you DW for the story

  • @stemi5601
    @stemi5601 6 лет назад +47

    Old people who keep active despite their old age lives longer. The Japanese people is an example of this. I'm glad for her. Hope she keeps doing what She loves for a long time.

    • @feleciawallace8420
      @feleciawallace8420 6 лет назад +2

      Lovely people they live such a peaceful life... I don't see over-population in this town it seems.

  • @clovismerovech6537
    @clovismerovech6537 4 года назад +5

    Thank you for bringing us this touching human story. It made me sad, but I hope Granny Börse receives all the love she needs till her very last day ❤️

  • @Kryptsanies
    @Kryptsanies 6 лет назад +35

    German people are friendly. Good on her, what a great story. It is sad that it will some day close. Nothing gold can ever stay.

    • @dncviorel
      @dncviorel 6 лет назад +6

      I've alway heard that Germans are cold and other nonsense. Absolutely not true. They have a thing for discipline, and everyone knows it, but they're also very warm at heart.

  • @tarabottogino
    @tarabottogino 4 года назад +1

    I am 57 years old and I would love to live in the town of Neuhaus on the river Elbe, and run a little pub like Mrs Hildegard Schweinsberg, it will be like a dream come true, what a place!!!

  • @johnmukerji9798
    @johnmukerji9798 3 года назад +3

    It is so sad to see these cozy little pubs are dying out in all smaller
    towns in Germany. In my earlier years I used to visit them whenever
    I travelled to Germany. I liked the warm homely atmosphere and the
    friendly people you meet there, and thoroughly enjoyed listening those popular German songs being played in Juke Box. O! How I miss those days!

  • @bg2junge
    @bg2junge 6 лет назад +2

    Living since 8 years here in Germany, I can atest that these old germans are one of the best group of people one will ever meet. They are freakishly humble.

  • @alexanderdavid8441
    @alexanderdavid8441 5 лет назад +2

    thanks for translating, love these docs.

  • @hiranya17
    @hiranya17 6 лет назад +4

    Good work, hope she gets someone to take over.

  • @nigelt4257
    @nigelt4257 2 года назад

    This is an amazing story. It reminds me of the "Simonskrug" in the village of Elsen NRW, otherwise known as "Betty's". In it "Betty" and her husband lived over the bar and served beer and great food for very many years. I was lucky to have visited many times and got to know her. She even put photos of us (a brass ensemble from England) in the bar. She was just amazing. Always welcoming, always happy,, always friendly. And very fine beer and food too. I miss those times, and I miss "Betty".

  • @westhecreator5465
    @westhecreator5465 6 лет назад +1

    Time to binge watch.

  • @marcelolinhares8233
    @marcelolinhares8233 2 года назад

    What a fantastic lady

  • @realdealio1
    @realdealio1 6 лет назад +2

    i wanna visit this pub before i die

  • @torontoguy1097
    @torontoguy1097 6 лет назад

    She is pouring beer like a very frugal AND smart barkeep! She waits for the foam to subside then pours again...no waste for this German lady!

    • @boufontleflamingoetta8433
      @boufontleflamingoetta8433 2 года назад

      That’s just the normal way to pull a beer in northern Germany (quite different pour than in Bavaria).

  • @davidjohnzenocollins
    @davidjohnzenocollins 6 лет назад +5

    Let's see: she's 87, which means she was born in 1931, or maybe, 1930 if she hasn't had her birthday yet. If she started there when she was 17, that would have been in 1948. Wow. She went through the war as a teenager, suffered the communists for 45 years, and now, sadly, her village is, more or less, an old folks home. But she's got plenty of beer and schnapps. And only charges 1 euro 30 for a beer!

    • @randolphsavage9760
      @randolphsavage9760 2 года назад

      It really doesn't matter as long as she has her friends, this is the critical part.

  • @subhashsolanki1413
    @subhashsolanki1413 6 лет назад

    Healthy & labourios grandma.

  • @Veromrhome
    @Veromrhome 6 лет назад +3

    We have disco Nel in the Netherlands and she is even older then this woman.

    • @dncviorel
      @dncviorel 6 лет назад +1

      Definitely needs a documentary if there isn't one already. I have tremendous respect for this people.

  • @robertsmith5744
    @robertsmith5744 6 лет назад +3

    I tried to take over a place in Heidelberg, a "turn-key" operation. Due to a problem with my girlfriend, I missed out. The people that took over, ripped out the interior and turned it into a cheap disco like bar, ruined it forever..................oh well (?).

  • @sagarbasnet9726
    @sagarbasnet9726 6 лет назад

    inspiring granny

  • @griffynhastreiter5073
    @griffynhastreiter5073 2 года назад

    Lets go Grandma!

  • @Hani13ful
    @Hani13ful 6 лет назад

    God bless you

  • @annaabanina6962
    @annaabanina6962 Месяц назад

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @tuanhoang-id7um
    @tuanhoang-id7um 6 лет назад +2

    Life have no meaning unless one getting up and do something!

  • @toews711
    @toews711 6 лет назад +1

    Is there a version of this in German?

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  6 лет назад +2

      You can watch the German version here:
      www.dw.com/de/reporter-oma-b%C3%B6rse-zapft-weiter-auch-mit-87-jahren/av-44564978
      Stay tuned! DW Documentary

  • @B0sse
    @B0sse 3 года назад

    Das gute Lübzer

  • @u.s.militia7682
    @u.s.militia7682 3 года назад

    Did she serve at the Beer Hall Putsch?

  • @michaelhawkins7389
    @michaelhawkins7389 Год назад

    She will be dead now :(

  • @보청기가창피해요
    @보청기가창피해요 3 года назад

    After all money is the problem...

  • @germanshepherd6638
    @germanshepherd6638 2 года назад

    You know your German when….

  • @TheYoucompaq
    @TheYoucompaq 5 лет назад +1

    Viva Palestina ("Long live Palestine")

  • @RegulareoldNorseBoy
    @RegulareoldNorseBoy 6 лет назад +3

    Rocking grandma just pouring Dem beers like Swagers on a fruitpile

  • @RegulareoldNorseBoy
    @RegulareoldNorseBoy 6 лет назад

    Sweet stuff. First btw :-D