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A Hotel with Tradition and History
Like Christianity, our story began in a stable. The present site of the mighty
walls (up to 1m 20cm thick!) of the Hotel Neue Post was once occupied by the
great stables of the master brewer and landlord of the "Gasthof Post"
in the Market Square, Mr Georg Poschacher and his wife Theresia. The "Märzenkeller",
a large beer cellar very deep underground, whose origins reach back to the first
millennium AD, was situated under these stables. This massive vault (the walls
are 2m 90cm thick) was used first for cooling beer with ice, and later as a
wine cellar. In winter, blocks of ice were cut from the Zeller See and stored
in the deep cellar into August, and shipped as far as Bavaria for cooling beer.
Even today, the cellar is still present beneath the hotel, and serves as a
fully secure boiler-room.
In 1862 the time had come for the large brewery stable to make way for the
first building of the "Hotel Post" hotel. The stable was part of the
landlord and landlady's vast property, which included the "Alte Post"
inn, a brewery, small farms in the Schmittental, the Schüttgut (modern-day
Porsche), extensive mountain pastures, and on the south side, reaching to the
lake, the meadows of the brewery field (today the site of the tennis courts,
the station, the Bahnhofstraße. and the offices of the Inland Revenue).
To this day, a marble plaque next to the hotel entrance, bearing the year of
construction, commemorates the laying of the foundation-stone. The walls around
the present-day lobby date from this time.
| 1888 |
Completion of the west wing of the Hotel Post. It belonged
to Therese Poschacher. |
| 1891 |
Another extension to the hotel soon followed. |
| 1896 |
Construction of the first hall on the south side - it later
became the town theatre. |
| 1905 |
The ownership of the hotel passed from mother to daughter,
into the hands of Theresia Auer. |
| 1915 |
Her daughter - Maria Hilzensauer - became the new owner. |
| 1916 to
1918 |
The hotel received its most unfortunate residents, serving
as a reserve hospital for the injured soldiers of the First World War. |
| 1928 |
Construction of the tennis courts on part of the brewery field. |
| 1937 |
New owner: Anton Karlon. |
| 1941 to
1954 |
War. A hotel for holiday makers was no longer required. A
police station and other offices were located in the hotel buildings. |
| 1943 |
Military sanatorium and reserve hospital. |
| 1945 |
On 1 September the small theatre with about 450 seats, built
in the former dining room,was opened in style. |
| 1954 |
After the police left the building again, the hotel could
resume business once again. The "Taverne", a notorious night-spot,
and the "Bräustüberl" restaurant faced onto the street
(todays's Schlossplatz); a number of shops faced onto the main road. |
| 1961 |
Once again the daughters took over the ownership of the hotel
- now the "Hotel Neue Post". Their names were Hedda, Brita and
Till Ketschek |
| 1969 |
Proprietor Tilla Paur (née Ketschek) and her husband
Remus took over the hotel. The building was in such poor condition that
it resembled a ruin in places- which prompted a guest to ask "If that's
the New Post, what on earth did the Old Post
look like?" |
| 1972 |
Start of the renovation work with which the hotel took on
its present-day form. |
| 1972/73 |
Work began on the north wing. |
| 1976 |
The central section of the hotel was demolished
and rebuilt. |
| 1982 |
In the southern section the theatre was destroyed
and replaced with a completely new room. The number of beds was increased
from 80 to 110. |
| 1983 |
Opening of the new hotel with bar, restaurant etc. |
| 1987 |
TSH Hotel Neue Post Ltd became the new owner of the 170 bed
hotel. "TimeShare", then unknown in Europe, came into operation
in the hotel- many were sceptical about the new system. |
| 1989 |
Once again, space began to run out. A new building
was constructed facing the street, housing the Cäsar restaurant, the
"SugarShake" pub, and 15 new apartments with 60 beds, and an underground
car park. |
| 1992 |
The Hotel was awarded the "Gold Crown" award by
the RCI - the largest international vacation exchange company. |
| 1993/94 |
More building work. This time, the over 1000 year-old vaults
in the cellar had to take the load of another floor. An additional storey
with 4 large apartments was added to the central section of the hotel. |
| 1997 |
The Hotel Neue Post Company Ltd becomes the new owner of the
200-bed hotel; guests can now buy their own hotel. |
| 2003-2006 |
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The 75 year old tennis courts have to move for the new Ferry Porsche Congress
Centre. The construction noises and the shaking of the earth works massively
affect the hotel operations.The view to the (hopefully business) future
makes the pain bearable. |
| 2004 |
The era of the THS company is completely over - the TSH Club
cancels the contract (2004) with the hotel and has to announce bankruptcy
in summer 2006. |
| 2007 |
The HNP company invests over 7,2 million Euros, buys the
former rented parts, extends and renovates the hotel and the spa area.
The direct connection with the Ferry Porsche Congress Centre is realised.
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| 2008 |
The HNP company rents the increased and new renovated "Poststöckl"
in the direct neighbourhood. 10 new apartments increase the room offers. |
| 2009 |
The HNP company will increase the east wing and continue the
all-over-renovation. |
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