Hotel zum Türken

[Selveje]

Does anybody know if Hotel Zum Türken has re- opened?
It did not open up for the 2018 season due to maintenance- work.

[harryvongebhardt]

Hotel is open!

[Geoff Walden]

Thanks for this very welcome news, Harry!

[nammie44]

I wonder why the Hotel zum Turken wasn't torn down since it was so close to the Berghof.

[Geoff Walden]

The Türken was not torn down due to the persistence and fortitude of the owner’s daughter, Therese Schuster Partner. Frau Partner with her two daughters (one was the future Ingrid Scharfenberg) moved into the ruins in late 1945 in order to reclaim the property that the family had been forced to sell by Bormann. Through many trials and tribulations (including being thrown out of the ruins by the U.S. military authorities twice) over some years, finally in 1949 a settlement was reached with the Bavarian government in which the ownership was returned to the Schuster descendants, but only after payment of 69,000 Deutsch Marks (final DM 22,000, considering restoration and rebuilding costs that Therese Partner had already put into the property). Therese Partner immediately set out to restore the Türken as a guesthouse and inn, and by the time the Obersalzberg ruins were removed in 1952, the Türken was largely restored and was again a going concern. The Türken was the only former private property on the Obersalzberg that was again in the hands of the original owners. Over the years there have been several efforts to close the Hotel zum Türken (especially the tunnel entrance) and either tear it down or appropriate it by the government, but the Schuster descendants have so far always prevailed. (all this info from the late Frau Ingrid Scharfenberg)

[N.C. Wyeth]

Hotel is open!

Hey - that's good news!

Hopefully it stays that way for a while, as we're looking forward to making another visit this Fall . . .

[Gianni Lepri]

Any news on the future of the hotel after the sale? The Türken site is away and google search for the past months finds nothing.

[v60pih]

Yesterday everything was closed and it looks that it is for a while.

[NationalParkExplorer]

I had heard about "Hotel zum Türken" from a friend who raved about the charming atmosphere and scenic surroundings. So, when I found myself in Berchtesgaden, I decided to book a room for the night.

As I arrived at the hotel, I was greeted by an eerie stillness that seemed to hang in the air. The staff were friendly enough, but there was something unsettling about their forced smiles and rapid eye movements. My room was cozy and inviting, with a comfortable bed and a small fireplace, but as the night fell, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched.

I tried to brush it off and went to bed, but I was awoken in the middle of the night by strange noises coming from the walls. I tried to ignore it, thinking it was just the old pipes and settling of the building, but the noises only grew louder and more insistent.

In the morning, I confronted the staff about the strange noises, but they simply smiled and shrugged, saying it was just the old hotel settling. I didn't believe them, but I didn't want to ruin my trip, so I decided to leave the hotel and continue my travels.

Years later, I found myself talking to a local about my stay at "Hotel zum Türken" and was shocked to learn that the hotel was rumored to be haunted. The locals whispered of strange occurrences and ghostly apparitions that could be seen wandering the halls at night.

I couldn't help but shiver as I thought back to my own experience at the hotel and realized that I had been a witness to something truly terrifying.

That's what I remember about Hotel zum Türken.

[Biber]

I had heard about "Hotel zum Türken" from a friend who raved about the charming atmosphere and scenic surroundings. So, when I found myself in Berchtesgaden, I decided to book a room for the night.

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Years later, I found myself talking to a local about my stay at "Hotel zum Türken" and was shocked to learn that the hotel was rumored to be haunted. The locals whispered of strange occurrences and ghostly apparitions that could be seen wandering the halls at night.

I couldn't help but shiver as I thought back to my own experience at the hotel and realized that I had been a witness to something truly terrifying.

That's what I remember about Hotel zum Türken.

Fun.

[Geoff Walden]

I had heard about "Hotel zum Türken" from a friend who raved about the charming atmosphere and scenic surroundings. So, when I found myself in Berchtesgaden, I decided to book a room for the night.

As I arrived at the hotel, I was greeted by an eerie stillness that seemed to hang in the air. The staff were friendly enough, but there was something unsettling about their forced smiles and rapid eye movements. My room was cozy and inviting, with a comfortable bed and a small fireplace, but as the night fell, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched.

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That's what I remember about Hotel zum Türken.

And, exactly which room did you spend the night in? You see, I have been in every sleeping/living room in the Türken, with the sole exception of the apartment where Ingrid Scharfenberg lived, and there is no fireplace in any of those rooms. Just curious …