In 1872, the Franziskaner Leist brewery, served beer at the Oktoberfest for the first time, the Spaten Oktoberfestbier Ur-Märzen, especially brewed by Josef Sedlmayr.

In 1964, the brewery produced its first wheat beer, and ten years later, all the Franziskaner brewed became wheat-based.

[2] The brewhouse in the Marsstraße in Munich was closed due to a lack of workload in 2006 and is now the museum of the company.

[3] In 2021, AB InBev began considering selling the Franziskaner and Spaten brands in a move to offload some of its German beer assets.

[6] "Spaten" means spade in German, and the symbol of the brand is a malt shovel.