Gasthof Zur Alten Post (Herzogsreut)

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Gasthof Zur Alten Post

The "Zur Alten Post" inn is located in the Herzogsreut district of the Hinterschmiding community in the Freyung-Grafenau district in the Bavarian Forest .

The building, first mentioned in 1651, is located on the historic “ Goldener Steig ” trade route and has been a listed building since 1978. Also under monument protection is an associated chapel from 1861, which consists of a single granite block.

history

The extension of the inn from 1996.

The existence of the Gasthof Zur alten Post is documented as early as the 17th century . The historic inn in the village of Herzogsreut, located on the former “ Goldener Steig ” trade route , was first mentioned in a document in 1651. Shortly after the Thirty Years War, the house was sold to Stephan Eckerl von Wallern and his wife Magdalena on June 13, 1651 for 70 guilders sold. The property, which was abandoned at the time, previously belonged to Wolf Voltin, a mercenary from Herzogsreuter . After the house later changed hands several times, it was first licensed when Urban Khern bought it in 1685 and eventually became a post office.

In March 1886, Franz Josef Lenz bought the "1/8 Postwirtshof with real Tafern-Gerchtsame" for 18,000 Marks. Since then, the inn has been owned by the Lenz family. Franz Josef Lenz finally sold the property with the inn in 1923 to Johann and Kathi Lenz, who later inherited it within the family. Tourism became an important source of income. In the past it was salt merchants who stopped here on their tours along the Goldener Steig and later the stagecoaches stopping here , now it was summer visitors , vacationers and day trippers .

The inn has been a listed building since 1978. That year the landlords Josef and Lydia Lenz took over the inn. Since 1996 it has been run by Maria Lenz-Krumenacker in the fourth generation. Since then, a modern extension has been added, the rooms of which are rented out to holiday guests.

Building description and special features

Inscription above the main entrance
Greimel Chapel

Inn

The list of monuments for Hinterschmiding at the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments describes the Gasthof Zur Alten Post as follows: "Two-story flat saddle roof building, solid ground floor, upper floor shingle block building"

The inn also has a 200-person hall (the former horse stable of the former post office station), several guest rooms and a beer garden in the inner courtyard .

Inside you will find a tiled stove from the 1930s in the dining room and a now historical wood-burning stove from the Malag-Werke Adolf Muckenfuß stove factory, which was located in Bretten , Baden-Württemberg from 1937 to 2007, in the kitchen . One wall of the rustic dining room is decorated with a painting that was once created by the painter Hans Turek (1921–2000), who was born in Herzogsreut .

The striking inscription "BP 18CP25" can also be found in the keystone of the door frame at the main entrance of the historic inn. The corresponding interpretation is not exactly clarified or proven. It is assumed here that in 1825 the owners at that time Caspar Blöchl and Barbara, a Kreuzberg owner's daughter, rebuilt or rebuilt the inn.

A historic table bowling alley , which was set up in the inn until 1955, has been part of the historic collection of the Finsterau open-air museum since 2015 .

Greimel Chapel

To the right of the inn is a small chapel, the so-called Greimel Chapel or Wirtkapelle . Like the main building, it is also a listed building. Erected in 1861, it was once carved out of a single block of granite . Inside is a figure of Mary framed by geranium jewelry.

According to tradition, the innkeeper at the time, Franz Greimel, had the chapel set up because he was pushed to the ground by shy horses and got away with terror. Another version testifies that Greimel was run over by a horse and cart in an accident and got away without damage, whereupon he donated the small chapel.

Trivia

The current landlady Maria Lenz-Krumenacker appeared together with her friend and regular guest Ottomar Espe in the ARD quiz program Das Quiz with Jörg Pilawa in 2005 , where she won 50,000 euros. Furthermore, it is derived from the 1994 movie Pumuckl and the blue Klabauter as Statistin to see.

Media, publications and literature (selection)

The historic inn has been the subject of various publications over the years. In 2009, the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation also shot an episode of the documentary series Under our Heaven in the “Zur Alten Post” inn.

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The Gasthof Zur Alten Post with the Greimel Chapel (2017)

Web links

Commons : Gasthof Zur Alten Post  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c d List of monuments for Hinterschmiding (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Entry: Gasthof Zur Alten Post (Herzogsreut) in the Regiowiki Niederbayern, accessed on October 5, 2017
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Thomas Dietz: "Vom Bayerwald nach Monte Carlo" on http://www.mittelbayerische.de , / November 29, 2015
  4. ↑ a b c d e Jens Schörnich: “A house steeped in history on the Goldenen Steig” in Passauer Neue Presse , May 31, 2010
  5. ↑ a b c d e house brochure: "Landgasthof Zur alten Post"
  6. ↑ The “Gasthof Zur Alten Post” , accessed on October 7, 2017
  7. ↑ Entry by Malag-Werke in Stadtwiki Karlsruhe , accessed on October 7, 2017
  8. ^ "The bowling alley is his favorite piece" in Passauer Neue Presse , August 16, 2015
  9. ↑ a b Entry: "Schmidinger Kapellenweg" in the Waidlerwiki , accessed on October 7, 2017
  10. ↑ a b "Wirtkapelle Herzogsreut" in the information sheet of the Hinterschmiding Administrative Community, April 2011, p. 1.
  11. ↑ As of 2017

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 15.1 "  N , 13 ° 38 ′ 26.5"  E