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Fairy Tale Hotel Braunwald

Fairy Tale Hotel Braunwald

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Fairy Tale Hotel Braunwald

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Location: Braunwald, Glarus, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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Paul

March 19, 2023

Fairy Tale Hotel, Braunwald
Story
A lot started in Glarnerland: 1893 with the first ski club in Switzerland, 1902 with the first ski race in the Alps in Glarus and 1907 with the construction of the Braunwaldbahn and our then Grand Hotel.
1907 But Glarnerland also wanted a funicular railway with a grand hotel. The most renowned Glarner hotel of all time, the Bad Stachelberg in Linthal, was looking for a kind of summer residence for its pampered guests. The Linthal textile industrialist Bébie brought in the world-famous hotel pioneer Josef Durrer, who built the Braunwaldbahn in 1907 and at the same time the imposing Grand Hotel, today's fairytale hotel. This already had its own tennis court and lift in 1907.
1945 After the Second World War, tourists squinted from the balconies in the sun again. French brochures were printed, whereupon special cars actually rattled from the “train de neige” directly from Paris to Linthal. And the name was changed to Hôtel Bellevue.
In 1972 the Hôtel Bellevue was again on the brink of collapse. No one had the courage or willingness to take risks to invest in the dilapidated building - until Fridolin Vogel, the father of today's fairy tale uncle, got involved.
1977 In that year, a girl in the dining room screamed so loudly that her parents almost felt embarrassed. The young hotelier Martin Vogel was able to defuse the embarrassing situation by promising the child to tell him a fairy tale if he was good.
It didn't stop with this one story, because the fairy tale uncle has been telling an exciting fairy tale every day ever since - even today...
Text / Source: Fairy Tale Hotel ****S, Dorfstrasse 24, 8784 Braunwald
maerchenhotel.ch/%C3%BCber-uns/geschichte

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Heloks

January 1, 2025

Large outdoor slide unfortunately nailed shut in winter!

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Elevation 1,360 m

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Fairy Tale Hotel Braunwald

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