Hotel Mohren
The Hotel Mohren in Oberstdorf on the market square is the oldest inn in the so-called "upper village". The house was first mentioned as "Taferne beyr Kirchen" as early as 1478, and today it looks back on over 500 years of history. This means that the house would be the oldest hotel in Germany even before the Hotel Schwarzer Bock in Wiesbaden , if it hadn't burned down completely in a fire (see below).
The first named innkeeper, Jerg Erb, was forced to sell his belongings and leave Oberstdorf in 1611 during the peasant uprising . Another decisive experience for the Mohren house and a heavy blow for the entire village was the "Great Fire" in 1865. That night two thirds of the old Oberstdorf - a total of 146 houses - fell victim to the flames. The "Great Fire" is still depicted on the wall of the fire station on Nebelhornstrasse. The Mohren house was completely burned down, only the vaulted cellar survived the fire. The brickwork, which is over 500 years old, is still accessible today and is used as a wine cellar. After the fire, the then Mohrenwirt Jacob Hannes rebuilt the house.
In the 1930s the hotel served as a hostel for deserving party and armed forces members and in the war years first as a hospital and later as a camp for bombed-out Munich children and refugees. The heyday of the Hotel Mohren began in the 1950s. It became the first house on the square. Guests of the pompously furnished grand hotel were now well-heeled citizens of the upper classes of society from all over Germany and neighboring European countries looking for relaxation. In the 1970s and 1980s, the house's reputation began to crumble. New, more modern hotels were built in Oberstdorf and the Hotel Mohren was very reluctant to invest . The image of the house suffered in these years and the guests gradually stayed away. The change of ownership in 1991 paved the way for a complete renovation . In 1993, new tenants were found with the Reisigl and Brandt families. In the meantime, the historic house has been renovated again and has returned to its old prime.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 24 ′ 28 " N , 10 ° 16 ′ 42.6" E