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Looking back on a long family tradition: Michael and Tina Jakob-Widmann.
© Photographer: Andrea Jaksch
In 1864, Peter Widmann from Welshofen near Dachau bought the inn in Altdorf in Gilching.
That was 160 years ago now.
The current owner, Michael Jakob-Widmann, has delved into the family history of Corona.
Gilching
– “Well, I can’t explain that to you on the phone, it’s too confusing, you have to come,” says Michael Jakob-Widmann.
This year it is 160 years since today's Gasthof Widmann in the heart of the Altdorf came into the possession of his family.
Until then, the building was a general store, and the village blacksmith shop was located next to it.
During the pandemic, Jakob-Widmann focused on the long history of his family, which to this day runs the last traditional inn in town.
It was only two years after the purchase and some renovations that the Widmanns opened a restaurant and tavern with a stable, a farm and a butcher's shop.
Until 1880, the connecting road between Starnberg and Hoflach ran past the Oberer Wirt, the name of the inn next to St. Vitus Church.
The history of the building is eventful, but that of the family is even more so.
In the attic, in addition to the theater group's props, there are countless albums with old photos of the family stored in a cupboard.
Michael Jakob-Widmann starts his story from the beginning, with lots of old photos of his ancestors on the table in front of him.
Peter Widmann was the son of a farming family with 13 children.
Many of the children had died, but ultimately six sons remained.
One took over the local farm, the wealthy father bought five properties for the others.
That's why the name Widmann can also be found in the surrounding area, including the Gasthof Widmann in Überacker.
Peter Widmann was married to Viktoria Hainzinger from Grunertshofen.
Viktoria Hainzinger inherited a mill from her parents and moved to Grunertshofen.
Peter Widmann then handed over the Gasthof Widmann in Gilching to his younger brother Thomas Widmann and his wife Theres Widmann née Hartl.
The children Josef, Thomas and Anna were born.
Josef married Maria Seiler, the two had seven children, two sons died in infancy.
In 1902, father Thomas Widmann handed over the business and real estate to his son Josef.
He and his wife Maria wanted to remodel and renovate the building a few years later.
Then the accident happened: On December 27, 1927, the building fell victim to arson and burned down completely.
“That was a shock,” says Michael Jakob-Widmann from what his family told him.
And back then you weren't allowed to say openly what had happened.
“But everyone knew it.” For one building contractor in Gilching, the whole process probably took too long.
“He simply set the building on fire.” The competing local construction company then received the contract for the reconstruction.
Since the Widmanns already owned the house opposite, they opened a replacement restaurant there.
On August 1, 1928, they finally celebrated the reopening of the “Oberen Wirts” with the consecration of the standard of the Gilching men’s choir.
Josef Widmann died in 1935.
That was a shock for his family.
His widow continued to run the inn and farm with her five children August, Maria, Therese, Anna and Philomena.
When their son August Widmann was drafted in 1945, their world must have finally collapsed.
August Widmann died in February 1945. His mother Maria was obviously so ill that the mayor at the time, who had learned of the young man's death, did not have the heart to convey the news.
From then on August was considered missing.
But that also broke her mother's heart; she died in May 1945.
Now the four daughters ran an inn and farm.
Probably also because they were waiting for their brother to return, they remained single and childless except for Anna, who married in Schondorf.
“That’s how it’s handed down,” says Jakob-Widmann.
Accordingly, there was a lack of offspring and heirs.
Philomena Widmann therefore adopted Klaus Streichhahn, a friend and loyal employee of the family, in 2005.
She died a year later at the age of 91.
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Now Michael Jakob-Widmann comes into play.
Maria Widmann and his great-grandmother were siblings.
Together with Klaus Widmann, formerly Streichhahn, the then 22-year-old son of the Jakob butcher family decided to rebuild and continue running the business.
For this purpose, Michael Jakob-Widmann was adopted by Klaus Widmann.
“This also closed the bloodline again.” It was hard for his parents, says Jakob-Widmann.
“Of course they wanted me to continue running the Jakob butcher shop.
I did that too.” The Jakob butcher shop has only been outsourced since 2018.
And the family has grown together, says Michael Jakob-Widmann.
Today Michael Jakob-Widmann is 40 years old and the father of two daughters.
“They were the first to be born in this family and here after 99 years,” he said.
He has been married to Tina Rühling, now Jakob-Widmann, since 2012.
Gilching's archivist Ursula Lochner has also worked intensively on the Widmann family history.
“She was here for days and archived documents and photos,” says Jakob-Widmann.
Because he no longer gives away photos.
“Only the pictures can tell our story.
If the pictures no longer exist, the history will be forgotten.”