House to the Hussar

Facade of the House of the Hussars

The Haus zum Husaren is a building in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen market in Upper Bavaria . The house is a listed building on the basis of the Monument Protection Act of October 1, 1973, the file number is D-1-80-117-78.

Image of a hussar and an infantryman in the blind facade window

The property was first mentioned in a document in 1587. The two-storey roof-top building with classicistic facade painting and standing bay was built in 1611 and even then housed a stop called "Reiser's Wine Bar". The gable ornament was added in 1735. During the Napoleonic Wars in 1800, a division of French hussars and a command of allied Bavarian infantrymen quartered in the building. The presence of the soldiers became a great burden for the innkeeper at the time. So he decided to use a path through the Wetterstein Mountains to smuggle the troops into the Leutasch Valley so that they could stab the imperial troops encamped in Scharnitz in the rear. Today this path is known as the "Franzosensteig". In 1801 the facade was given its present-day appearance, painted in Empire style. On a blind window, the Lüftlmaler Zwink added a picture of a hussar and an infantryman.

The Hotel zum Husaren played a major role in the emerging tourism in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The guest lists include names like:

• Ludwig I , King of Bavaria
• Max II , King of Bavaria
• Friedrich August III. , King of Saxony
• Wilhelm II , King of Württemberg
• Franz von Kobell , mineralogist and writer
• Heinz Rühmann , actor

as well as many other members of the Wittelsbach family, artists and scientists.

The hotel was closed and demolished in 1974. However, the old front building was preserved for reasons of monument protection. The Garmisch-Partenkirchen market acquired the building in 1980. Since 1986 a restaurant has been operated again in the Husaren.

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Web links

• Bavarian Monument Atlas (cartographic representation of the Bavarian architectural and ground monuments by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) )
• Welcome. Restaurant Husar, accessed on November 8, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The history of the hussar. Restaurant Husar, archived from the original on January 30, 2012 ; Retrieved January 2, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Walk through Garmisch. (PDF; 684 kB) Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tourist Office, accessed on January 2, 2012 . 

Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′ 49.3 "  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 13.4"  E