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Hotel Das Rübezahl

Hotel Das Rübezahl
The Thurm Family

Am Ehberg 31
D 87645 Schwangau
Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany

 

+49 (0) 8362 - 8888

info@hotelruebezahl.de

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“The highest level of hospitality with a personal touch. Family Thurm together with the Rübezahl team provides for this day by day and with great passion. Experience the romantic luxury and wellness at the Boutique Hotel close to Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.” Hotel Das Rübezahl

Description

The family run Boutique Hotel Rübezahl is located in Schwangau close to Füssen in the country of mountains, Castles, and lakes—opposite the famous Royal Castle Neuschwanstein. This romantic hideaway features two restaurants, a large wellness area, a private spa and yoga facilities.
The house is managed by Giselle and Erhard, with son Alexander in the third generation. The family is originally from Silesia, where, according to myth, the mountain spirit and eponym Rübezahl did his mischief. The Thurm family and their team created an exceptional and sustainable feel-good location for their guests with many remarkable details.

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Highlights

  • Mountain boutique hotel in the vicinity of the royal castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau
  • Direct castle view
  • Family owned in the third generation
  • Hotel own mountain hut at 1300 m
  • 2 Restaurants
  • Large wellness area
  • Heated outdoor pool
  • Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ski tours
  • Hiking and biking
  • Yoga Retreats

 

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Rooms & Amenities

The Das Rübezahl’s 54 individual designed rooms and suites are equipped with parquet oak flooring and a spring water well with water carafe. Together they combine a romantic flair with alpine elements and luxurious furnishings.

All rooms have flat-screen TV, telephone, minibar, safe, air conditioning, W-Lan, cuddly bathrobes, slippers and wellness bag for the spa area, and hairdryer.

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Story & Philosophy

The history of the Hotel Das Rübezahl begins in the 1950s, when Hildegard and Herbert Thurm opened a small inn with guest rooms on the site of the current hotel in 1959.

As displaced persons from the Riesengebirge, or the Giant Mountains in Silesia, the family first tried to settle in the Ruhr area, but then decides to make a new start in the Allgäu. Despite the initial mistrust of the locals and a very short tourist season, the Thurms start to build something new with ambition and an iron will.

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Green Initiatives

” Our hearts beat green “.

The Das Rübezahl Hotel participates in the Environmental and Climate Alliance of Bavaria. The Thurm family is committed to sustainability and has a lot of plans for the future.

 

  • Architecture
  • Environment
  • Energy management
  • Water
  • Waste
  • Culinary
  • Social commitment
  • Certificates
  • Conscious decision to use materials from the region and domestic handicraft. With much attention to detail, the result is a romantic retreat which combines authentic Allgäu tradition and coziness with contemporary living and chic.
  • A modern alpine facade, with decorative pediments and natural quarry stone walls.
  • Use of native natural and mature wood in designing the typical shingle cladding of the region, and in the balconies and ornamental gable of the extension.
  • High-quality wood floors, classy lamps and decoration and harmonious colors.

 

  • CO2 neutral vacation. When making a reservation, you can offset your personal CO2 Footprint via sustainable reforestation projects.
  • Cancel the daily room cleaning and plant a tree in the region.
  • Travelers by train will be picked up from the station of course
  • Guests have access to five e-car charging stations
  • New in 2022: Electric Porsche Taycan 4S for guests to rent
  • Bicycles can be rented free of charge, and e-bikes are available for a small surcharge
  • Guests of the hotel can use the public transport free of charge.
  • More than half of the company fleet is electric or hybrid powered
  • There are six bee colonies with around 300,000 bees looking after the natural compensation site containing rare wild herbs, orchids, and other protected plants with views of Neuschwanstein Castle (approx. 15-minute walk from the hotel)
  • There are weekly, extremely informative guided tours about the life of bees with the hotel’s own passionate beekeeper Sebastian (approx. May to October)
  • New in 2022: the Wellness Garden will be extended with special flower and herb meadows: space for endangered and particularly important species for the natural cycle
  • Active guide Basti provides tours into the mountains, explaining the local herbs and plants to interested people
  • 90% of the electricity requirement has been self-generated since 2021 via photovoltaics or modern combined heat and power plant.
  • Already before that 100% green electricity was purchased
  • Energy-saving devices and LED
  • light bulbs with timers and motion detectors
  • Heating recovery: The cold storage houses produce thermal energy, with which the pool and whirlpool are heated.

 

  • Water saving devices annually save up to 15% of the conventional consumption, for example, using the collected rainwater for flushing toilets or watering flowers.
  • Schwangauer mountain spring water in restaurants: Water is taken and filtered from a spring directly underneath the Schwangau mountains. In this way, 100,000 kilometers of transport routes are saved every year.
  • Purchase of products from regional producers wherever possible – Avoiding packaging waste.
  • Selective purchasing of perishables to avoid waste.
  • Strict waste separation throughout the hotel
  • Reduction of disposable articles towards refillable dispensers
  • Furniture that has been sorted out is available to staff for employee housing

  • As far as possible, products are sourced directly from regional producers
  • Regional and seasonal foods used in all areas
  • Large containers as well as resource-saving packaging
  • The Rübezahl TEAM has a regular and year-round employment, in a 4- to 5-day week, family flexibility, training, bonus and much more.
  • Average employees have been part of the TEAM for 4.3 years (as of Dec. 2021)
  • About 10% of the TEAM are apprentices, (“TOP-Ausbildungsbetrieb” seal of the DEHOGA )
  • Staff members are provided with free bicycles upon request to ensure that their commute to work is climate-neutral.
  • Handshake mentality, loyalty and fair cooperation are the cornerstones of our business