Exploring The Forgotten World

Grand Ballroom Damaged By Fire Germany

Inn once offered affordable food and lodgings to travellers and carriages"

The road next to the inn was once the main route between two large cities

Roadside Inn

During the time of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), only military and official state-sanctioned traffic could use the autobahn. The inn was popular with general travellers.

East Germany

The ballroom at the rear of the inn, was a popular venue in the time of the GDR

After the reunification. The autobahn was opened up to all travellers. With a huge reduction in passing trade, the inn began to struggle in the 1990s. .

After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

Eventually, it closed in the mid-2010s

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