Gasthof "Zum Roten Ochsen" (Grombach)

The “Zum Roten Ochsen” inn in Grombach , a district of Bad Rappenau in the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg , was a historic inn that existed from the early 18th century at the latest.

history

The “Rote Ochse” is one of the oldest inns in Grombach , along with the “Zur Goldenen Krone” inn and the “Badischer Hof”. In 1715, the butcher Johann David Ritter was the first to be an ox host. Ritter was of the Lutheran faith and thus belonged to the numerically small Lutheran congregation that had only formed in Grombach since around 1700, after the place had returned to the hands of the majority Lutheran lords of Venningen . By 1835 Ritter was followed by other Lutheran innkeepers in the "Red Ox".

According to old fire insurance documents , the inn was renovated in 1793 as a two-story residential building with a wing structure. In 1823 and 1833, stables and barns were renewed, and in 1873 a significant expansion took place with the addition of a bowling alley , a beer brewery and other farm buildings . The owner at that time was the brewer Johannes Simonis from Weiler.

The innkeepers in the “Red Ox” have changed frequently. In 1930, the butcher Friedrich Wilhelm Barth from Wimpfen took over the inn. After the Second World War , the hall also served as a cinema , and since 1910 the inn was also a changing room for the football teams. In 1968, Barth's son Kurt took over the inn. The inn in the "Red Ox" ended in 1991, after which the property was sold.

literature

• Roland Franke: Grombacher inns then and now . In: Grunbach uff dem Creichgöw. Bad Rappenau 2010, pp. 469–481.