Baden-Baden drinking hall

Trinkhalle Baden-Baden with a monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I.

Side view with a view of the old town and the Battert

Lobby with murals

The Trinkhalle Baden-Baden is a drinking hall that was built according to the plans of Heinrich Huebsch , a pupil of Friedrich Weinbrenner's , 1839–1842 in the Baden-Baden spa garden to the right of the spa house. 16 Corinthian columns support the 90-meter-long, open foyer in which guests can view 14 murals. The pictures were designed by Jakob Götzenberger , a contemporary of Moritz von Schwind . They depict scenes from myths and legends of the region and thus also record excursion destinations in the vicinity. The connected fountain room housed a tourist information office and a ticket service with nationwide sales until 2018.

Motifs of the murals

The frescoes by Jakob Götzenberger are listed in the order from left (south) to right (north). The title of the picture and the text come from the board that is attached under the picture.

	Burkart Keller from Yburg See also : Yburg On the way to his fiancée in Kuppenheim, Junker Burkart Keller succumbs to the lure of a veiled woman at the pagan sacrificial stone at night. She kisses him and sucks the soul out of his body. The place is still called "Kellersbild" today; a stone cross bears Burkart Keller's name.
	The Mummelsee On moonlit summer nights, the mermaids rise from the bottom of the lake and dance their rounds. In the first hour after midnight, the Sea King lifts his head out of the water and brings his daughters back.
	The mermaid of the Wildsee The mermaid Merline invites a young shepherd to the banks of the Wildsee with flattering music and beguiling singing . Despite the warning of an old bad luck man, he succumbs to temptation and sinks into the depths of the lake.
	Angel and devil pulpit The devil and an angel preached on two rocks near Wolf's Gorge . But the people only listened to the message of salvation. Angry, Satan stamped on the rock where the imprint of a horse's foot can still be seen today.
	The Grafensprung Tracked down by his pursuers on Neu-Eberstein, the knight Wolf von Eberstein has to flee. The only way out for him is the bold jump from the rock into the valley of the Murg. The knight remains unharmed. Since then, the rock above the Murg has been called "Grafensprung".
	Old Eberstein Emperor Otto I besieged Alt-Eberstein Castle for three and a half years without success . Now he uses a ruse to invite the opponents to a tournament in Speyer. But the Emperor's daughter Edeltraut reveals the plan to Count Eberhard and thus prevents the castle from falling.
	Fremersberg Margrave Jakob I got lost while hunting on the Fremersberg during a thunderstorm . Two hermits take care of him and take care of him. As a thank you, the Margrave donates the Franciscan monastery in Fremersberg .
	The ghost wedding to run See also : Lauf (Baden) A young knight is looking for a place to sleep at Neu-Windeck Castle and meets a mysterious woman there. After a feast, he asks her to become his wife. At the wedding ceremony in the castle chapel, a rooster suddenly crows and the whole ghost disappears.
	Baldreit Earlier than expected, Count Palatine Otto Heinrich was freed from his suffering by the healing Baden-Baden springs. In the courtyard of an inn he happily mounts his horse and calls out to the landlord: "See, I'll be riding so soon!" This is how the Baldreit inn got its peculiar name.
	The rocks On the hunt for the white deer, the wild hunter meets the rock maiden, who takes the strange animal under protection. He succumbs to her magic and becomes a hermit, whom the animals of the forest now approach confidently.
	Windeck Castle The knights at Burg (Alt-) Windeck hold the cathedral dean of Strasbourg prisoner. An old woman helps the dean's niece and nephew to free him with a wonderful white hen. The hen prevents the Strasbourg from conquering the castle.
	All Saints Day A young gypsy mourns the loss of her lover, who fell into a waterfall near the monastery of All Saints when he tried to steal a stolen engagement ring from a raven.
	Hohenbaden Castle On the tower of the castle , Margravine Katharina asks the Mother of God to end the plague . As the hot springs passed through the city streets, the steam choked the plague. The margravine gratefully consecrates her two children to the clergy.
	Lichtenthal Monastery During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648): the abbess places the keys of the monastery in the hands of the Blessed Mother and asks protection from the Swedish troops, who, blinded, retreat from the gleaming statue. The monastery was saved.