Hotel Traube Tonbach

Baiersbronn, Germany. Located in the Tonbach valley at Baiersbronn, in the heart of the northern Black Forest.

Hotel Traube TonbachBaiersbronn, Germany

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Around 151 rooms and suites, many with a balcony and Black Forest views.
The three-Michelin-star Schwarzwaldstube, the starred restaurant 1789 and the Schatzhauser.
Spacious spa with seawater pool, saunas and a heated outdoor pool.
Located in the Tonbach valley at Baiersbronn, in the heart of the northern Black Forest.

11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1789
Tobias Finkbeiner opens a tavern for woodcutters, charcoal burners, resin burners and carters; its Bauernstube survives until 2020.
1890
Friedrich Finkbeiner, the fourth generation, begins serving wine brought by ox cart from Baden.
1920
Heinrich Finkbeiner lets the first guest room; by 1939 there are 15, and guests are fetched from the station by hay wagon or sleigh.
1950
Requisitioned during the war and then under French occupation, the guesthouse reopens.
1957
Willi Finkbeiner opens a 64-bed guesthouse with private bathrooms and balconies, the first wing of today’s hotel.
1977
The Schwarzwaldstube gourmet restaurant opens; Harald Wohlfahrt becomes head chef in 1980.
1992
The Schwarzwaldstube earns three Michelin stars under Wohlfahrt; Heiner Finkbeiner, the seventh generation, takes over in 1993.
2001
A spa opens with a seawater pool, saunas and an ice igloo.
2017
Torsten Michel succeeds Harald Wohlfahrt and keeps the three stars.
5 January 2020
Fire destroys the main building and both starred restaurants, which reopen in May in a temporary pavilion.
8 April 2022
The new main building opens, housing the Schwarzwaldstube, 1789 and Schatzhauser.