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| Gasthof Auwirt, hotel - pension / boarding house for 170 years |
| Around 1834 the old trading route was moved to the other side of the river Ache. That is why the JAGERWIRT, who since then looked after the travelling dealer at the old trading route to build a new hotel - pension / boarding house. Since this time the boarding house is called Auwirt (it used to be spelled Auwirth). The word "Au" from Auwirth and Aurach derivates from Aue, a wet bushy meadow near the river. |
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The trading route probably originates
in a Roman street. In more earlier times copper was mined near Aurach
and transported to Kufstein, where a 3000-year old copper melting
plant can be visited today. In the Middle Ages silver was mined near
Aurach for some decades and people traded lively from Venice in the
South to Augsburg in the North. In the 19th century, at times of the
hotel - pension / boarding house Gasthof Auwirt, iron ore was mined in
Aurach. You can see the remains of the tunnels even today. |
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The hotel - pension / boarding house |
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The merchandise mostly was transported by the help
of horses the so-called "Saumpferd" or "Saamross". The name Saumpferd derivates from the word "Säume" which in former times meant burden. After the extension of the streets and passes, around 1870, the "Saumpferd" was substituted by carts by and by. So the hotel - pension / boarding house Gasthof Auwirt served as a kind of station for horse changing. In the cold season the horses were brought into the stall of the hotel - pension / boarding house Gasthof Auwirt. |
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| The first picture of the Auwirt | Old postcard | Winter garden |
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Around 1900 the first tourism started, whereas the
majority of them were wanderers from England. When skiing became more
and more popular Aurach quickly was recognized as the ideal skiing
area and with the extension of the railway to Kitzbuehel the number of
tourists increased again. Due to the increasing number of guests the hotel - pension / boarding house Gasthof Auwirt first was extended about the winter garden and later the restaurant was enlarged. Today the hotel - pension / boarding house is family-run by the landlady Margit König and the landlord Rino König in the third generation. With a great deal of sensitiveness they first re-newed the lounge and then the restaurant and in summer 2004 they re-newed all rooms and apartments. They carefully paid attention to make remain the old charm of the traditional hotel - pension / boarding house. |
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Sure, it is not history yet, but that was 30 years
ago.
A convivial company with music in the old lounge, before the renovation (1976). |
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