The former Mittenwald hotel "Mühlhauser" will soon disappear from the ground.
It should make way for staff apartments for Schloss Elmau.
Mittenwald
- First the Jägerhof, now the Hotel Mühlhauser - along Partenkirchner Strasse the guest hostels are dying.
The building and environment committee of the Mittenwald market town council unanimously approved the demolition of the former traditional house at the northern entrance to the town and at the same time approved the construction of a new staff house for the employees of Schloss Elmau, which of course is entirely in the spirit of managing director Dietmar Müller-Elmau.
“We had already rented the house with its 40 rooms for a long time and occupied many apartments,” says the 66-year-old businessman, whose limited liability company acquired the aging property some time ago.
If Müller-Elmau has its way, the three-story complex will soon disappear.
"Because the fire protection requirements are not met and the rooms are in a poor condition, we submitted an application for demolition and new construction in December 2020."
42 residential units
As mentioned at the beginning, no obstacles will be placed in the way of the G7 host on the local political side.
Market builder Ralf Bues explained what Müller-Elmaus plans look like in detail in the town hall.
According to him, the future building should be 30 meters long, 16 meters wide and at 10.60 meters 90 centimeters higher than the existing "Mühlhauser".
"The floor area of 535 square meters including the outbuilding is in the area of the existing development." In addition to 42 residential units, 13 parking spaces are also planned to the east and west of the future staff house.
This comparatively small number of parking spaces is permissible and sufficient, according to Bues.
The expert relies on the garage and parking space ordinance for employee dormitories.
Because of the location, more is not possible anyway.
"Since the Lainbach crosses the area of the new dormitory," explained Bues, "it is not possible to build an underground car park with access."
The deviation is "justifiable in terms of urban development, and neighboring interests remain unaffected".
Bues answered the question from the councilor and architect Ursula Seydel (SPD) about compliance with the spacing areas as follows: “Everything has been agreed with the district administration.” An extension to the east is not possible anyway due to the railway embankment behind it.
Florian Lipp from the Free Voters, however, cannot get used to the look of the future staff house.
"Unfortunately, however, it complies with the local planning statutes", regretted the "Dauberweiß".
For his CSU colleague Dieter Schermak, however, the aesthetics of this project are of secondary importance.
“The main thing is that this old shed is finally gone.” In addition, the retired policeman thinks that the new complex “brings economic efficiency to the place”.
Mayor Enrico Corongiu (SPD), on the other hand, is happy when it comes to demographics.
Because of the many Elmau hotel staff, the population of Mittenwald is increasing again.
With the “Mühlhauser” project, Schloss Elmau is evidently taking an example from the neighboring luxury refuge “Das Kranzbach”.
Its investor Dr.
Jakob Edinger first bought the Gasthof Post in Klais in 2012 and the Jägerhof in Mittenwald in 2018 - with the sole aim of creating affordable living space for his employees.
"We can no longer run a hotel with only locals", Edinger emphasized some time ago to the daily newspaper.
But outsiders need attractants.
The dazzling name of the five-star hotels is one thing, inexpensive rents are another.
This is the only way for these staff-intensive hostels to acquire permanent employees.
Living in the Upper Isar Valley must be affordable for Elmauer and Kranzbach employees.
That will certainly be the case in the former “Mühlhauser”.
In this context, it is advisable to take a look at the history of this house.
The "Reiglmühl", first mentioned in 1700, has been operated as a sawmill by Blasius Pölzl since 1900.
In 1908 Karl Hornsteiner (Soghalm-Kare) bought the property on Reiglmühlweg for 16,500 marks.
In the brochure “Das Bayernland” published in 1937, the tenant at the time, Kurt Hachmann, offers Rhenish-Westphalian cuisine and guest rooms.
In 1940 the owner's son Josef Hornsteiner ran the restaurant with his wife Anna (née Obermeier) until the mid-1980s.
Over time, the star of this traditional company sinks noticeably.
Now it's the turn of the Elmauer on Partenkirchner Strasse.
