Pension Villa Hohenwart

In 1906, merchant Giuani Mahlknecht  built a four-floor Art Nouveau style villa on a field of his parents’ Sneton farm, now considered to be an authentic example of turn-of-the-century architecture in Gröden. Although he intended to expand the Pension Villa Hohenwart shortly afterwards, the First World War upended his plans, and the guesthouse was used to quarter soldiers. As no compensation was paid out to cover damages at the end of the war Mahlknecht had no option but to sell the building, which to-day houses apartments.