Goulash, Saschlik: In the Gasthof Lauchs there were dishes from the old homeland of Hungary
Created: 05/15/2022, 08:00 p.m
By: Doris Schmid
Boozy company: Lydia Lauch's family members also like to hang out at the inn.
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In the series "Historic Taverns" we present former Geretsrieder restaurants.
Today: The Lauchs inn on Altvaterstrasse.
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– café, restaurant, dance hall and pub: The Lauchs inn on Altvaterstrasse has seen turbulent times.
The restaurant was founded in the mid-1960s - and is still open.
However, landlady Lydia Lauchs (72) only serves drinks two days a week.
Landlady Lydia Lauchs actually comes from Freising
Born in Freising, she knows relatively little about the early days.
"My in-laws were Hungarian Germans," says Lauchs in an interview with our newspaper.
"After the war they came to Erding, where they worked for the Americans." In 1965 or 1966 the family moved to Geretsried.
She built a house there and opened the restaurant.
Dishes from the old homeland were served: Hungarian goulash, shashlik and schnitzel were the classics on the menu.
Lydia Mazan, then a young girl, lived in Freising.
One day she visited a cousin in Geretsried who came from Silesia.
Because there was always something going on at Lauchs, people met there.
That's how she met Stefan, the innkeeper's son.
The two fell in love and married in 1968.
Cultivated ambience: This is what the guest rooms looked like in 1968.
The counter (above, right) is still there today.
© Postcard: Martin Walter
The marriage lasted eleven years and they divorced in 1979.
Stefan Lauchs went to Munich, his ex-wife continued to run the inn, which still belonged to the in-laws.
"I've always been a fighter," she says.
But debts piled up and the house was often close to being sold.
Fortunately, the family was able to avoid being sold to strangers.
Open: Friday and Saturday for regular guests
Lydia Lauchs now owned the house.
She ran the shop on her own and was open daily from 10 a.m. to 3 a.m.
There was one day off per week.
"I did the kitchen, my parents helped every weekend, and my brother worked in the bar," says the mother of one daughter.
"The booth was full until 3 a.m.." Sometimes male guests behaved well and the police had to come.
“One time, out of sheer rage, one of them tore down the entire exterior lighting,” recalls Lauchs, who reported the incident to law enforcement.
The hothead's receipt: he had to do community service.
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The trained office clerk ran the business herself up until the mid-1970s. Then she hired someone to run the restaurant on her own.
The restaurateur didn't do herself any favors: Some guests didn't just meet for an after-work drink, "they gambled at the pool table".
One day, while Lauchs was skiing, the gambling den was busted.
"I had to go to court and I was in trouble," she says with a sigh.
But even that time passed.
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In the 1980s, the landlady stepped back a bit.
There were small meals like soups and warm sausages.
Sometimes late at night, however, the desire for a "banquet" was great.
Then regular guest and amateur cook Peter was allowed to bake his favorite dish, potato pancakes, for the whole company.
Sometimes the guests brought home-made cakes with them or, if the bill had become too big, simply had them write it down.
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Even at 72, Lydia Lauchs still likes to work behind the counter.
On Fridays and Saturdays from 4 p.m. she opens the restaurant for her remaining regulars.
She also organizes larger birthday parties, with daughter Aline actively supporting the landlady.
Lydia Lauchs also rents out a few simple guest rooms.
Because: "I need that with the people."
Series:
In our "Historical Inns" series, we present former inns.
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