Editing Beer hall (section)

==Germany==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1978-004-12A, NSDAP-Versammlung im Bürgerbräukeller, München.jpg|thumb|A meeting of the [[Nazi Party]] at the [[Bürgerbräukeller]] beer hall, Munich, circa 1923]]

Beer halls are a traditional part of [[Bavarian culture]], rooted in the region's rich brewing history, and they feature prominently in [[Oktoberfest]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Steves | first=Rick | author-link=Rick Steves | title=Munich Madness: Oktoberfest and Beer Halls by Rick Steves | website=Rick Steves Europe | url=https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/munich-madness-oktoberfest-and-beer-halls | access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref> Originating as large public drinking spaces connected to breweries, they have become iconic symbols of communal festivity and beer culture. Bosch notes that the beer halls of Oktoberfest, known in German as ''Festzelte'' (festival tents), are more accurately referred to as "beer tents", as they are temporary structures built in the open air.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Bosch|first=Claudia|date=2011|title='Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit': The German Beer Hall as Place of Cultural Performance|url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=246275|journal=Environment, Space, Place|volume=3|issue=2|pages=97–121 at 97–98|doi=10.7761/ESP.3.2.97 |issn=2068-9616|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Across Munich, the various ''Festzelte'' at Oktoberfest can accommodate over 100,000 people collectively.<ref name=":0" />

Bavaria's capital [[Munich]] is the city most associated with beer halls; almost every [[brewery]] in Munich operates a beer hall. The largest beer hall, the 5,000-seat [[Mathäser]],{{efn|"The Mathäser billed itself as "the largest beer hall in the world" with over 7000 seats"<ref>{{cite book | last=Gaab | first=J.S. | title=Munich: Hofbräuhaus & History : Beer, Culture, & Politics | publisher=P. Lang |location=New York, New York| year=2006 | isbn=978-0-8204-8606-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-X4jgPG0360C&pg=PA97 | access-date=8 July 2020 | page=97}}</ref>}} near the [[München Hauptbahnhof|Munich central station]], has been converted into a movie theater.<ref>{{cite book | last=Hawthorne | first=Larry |location=Hemet, California | title=The Beer Drinker's Guide to Munich | publisher=Freizeit Publishers | year=2005 | isbn=978-0-9628555-2-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-w75LWVCvOkC&pg=PA95 | access-date=8 July 2020 | page=95}}</ref>

The [[Bürgerbräukeller]] in Munich lent its name to the 1923 [[Beer Hall Putsch]], an attempted Nazi [[Coup d'état|coup]] led by Adolf Hitler.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bürgerbräukeller, München – Historisches Lexikon Bayerns|url=https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/B%C3%BCrgerbr%C3%A4ukeller,_M%C3%BCnchen|access-date=2020-07-07|website=www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de}}</ref>