The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl in Munich inspired the song "oans, zwoa, g'suffa" (The Bavarian dialect for: "one, two, down the hatch").

The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl was founded in 1589 by the Duke of Bavaria, Wilhelm V.[1] It is one of Munich's oldest beer halls.

It was founded as the brewery to the old Royal Residence, which at that time was situated just around the corner from where the beer hall stands today.

When King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden invaded Bavaria during the Thirty Years' War in 1632, he threatened to sack the city of Munich.

He agreed to leave the city in peace after the citizens paid a tribute of 300,000 Reichsthaler and 1000 buckets of beer, of which one third were Hofbräuhaus Maibock.

[3] Adolf Hitler announced the official program of the Nazi Party to a meeting of around 2,000 people at the Hofbräuhaus on 24 February 1920.

[4] In 1968, Helmut Meyer opened the first Hofbräuhaus outside of Europe, in Market Lane, Melbourne, Australia, where it still operates today.