Two traditional inns closed: Bavarian community is losing its insider tip - celebrities were also happy to be there

Two traditional restaurants in Riegsee will remain closed until further notice.

With this, the community also loses its insider tip, in which some celebrities were also happy to be guests.

• Riegsee has been hit hard this year in terms of gastronomy.

• Both in the once legendary forester's house Höhlmühle and in the Westner village inn, operations are dormant.

• In both cases, the property owners do not know at the moment how things will go with the objects.

Riegsee

- two

that

indefinitely within a few months

:

has been

hit

this year

.

The operation of the well-known

, which is

located in the forest and

which attracted international audiences - not only

and

but also

- has been inactive since the beginning of the year.

The

: Tenant Siegfried Fischer did

not even

after the

;

his contract ended in the summer after more than 20 years.

Also as a

Fischer drew a line in the guest

in

.

In this case, the business relationship will expire on October 31st.

Mayor Jörg Steinleitner will probably seamlessly present a successor to the community's event building.

He speaks of a “great solution” - and a “stroke of luck in times of Corona.

We need a

”.

Closure of the Westner village inn in Riegsee: "A great loss for all of us"

This is

currently apparently not in sight

at the

previously a classic

.

"This is a great loss for us and we are very sorry," explains Steinleitner, who

praises

Fischer as an

.

What will become of the property, whether it

should remain a

or not, is written in the stars.

From the owner family Westner it is reported that they “honestly don't know how things will go on”.

Traditional restaurants in Riegsee are closing: no successor in sight yet

Steinleitner intervened to help, although this property does not belong to the community.

He had "

contacted

several potential

" and asked whether they were

interested

in a branch in

.

The

is "fully accepted by the population" and

"an attractive location".

However, Steinleitner did not succeed in finding a successor for Fischer.

The

made the search immensely difficult: "Nobody likes to take a

in this situation

that cannot be calculated." Should the tide turn for the better and a new

would come, "we as a community would very much welcome it".

Westner-Wirt remained closed after the corona lockdown

acted as a catalyst in

Fischer's personal decision

: the landlord preferred his retirement in

, which was

planned for 2021

.

In

his opinion

, a

concept would have been very difficult to implement in the building, says the former tenant.

He saw no solution, especially for the situation in hallways and toilets.

Employees his age - Fischer will be 65 this autumn - asked him whether the risk was too great for him.

“We thought about what to do for a long time.” Because: You are attached to a restaurant that you have been running for so long.

But in the end, Fischer came to the conclusion: “That is too unsafe for me.” He has been in the kitchen for 50 years, “and you still have a life”.

So he puts an end to it in

: in the

, in

.

Fischer continues its counterpart in Spatzenhausen, where he has also been hosting events for years.

Forsthaus Höhlmühle in Riegsee: Investments necessary

Riegsee

meanwhile - at least temporarily - lost an important part of its

.

In the

, the village also lost a

, which was long considered a good address for

.

Since the beginning of the year, operations in the property that is owned by the von Poschinger family have been idle.

There is a plan to

the

says Hubertus von Poschinger.

"However, it is not foreseeable whether that will work." The

makes it difficult to find a new tenant.

In the case of the

, a contract

that was

was already on the table, "which however did not materialize".

According to Poschingers, “some investments are necessary” in the building.

If it is currently “only possible to achieve low rental income”, the question arises as to

it makes

, he says.

The same applies here: the future is open.

Even the district of Riegsee is still not entirely without

The Seestube, for example, ran brilliantly in summer, says Steinleitner.

He does not see “the overall situation as totally negative” - and not just with a view to the successor in the guest's house.

The campsite is also being redesigned at the moment.

"

will play a role here."

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