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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Villa Schönblick (later the Hotel Regina, today the Hotel Adler Balance)

In 1907, altar-maker Josef Höglinger had the Villa Schönblick built beneath the Plajes Hof farm. The villa housed a workshop, rooms for visiting artisans, and a small guesthouse.

In 1926, additional rooms were built in an annex; Höglinger also relocated his workshop to the new premises, replacing its predecessor with a dining room. The Villa Schönblick thus became the Hotel Regina, run by the Höglinger family until its sale and demolition in 2008, after which it was replaced by the Hotel Adler Balance. 

Hotel am Stetteneck

The forebear of the Hotel Stetteneck was a Tyrolean Art Nouveau style building, constructed by Johann Sanoner on the site of the Janon Hof barn in 1913. The building housed apartments, a butcher’s shop, and, for some time, the Imperial and Royal Post Office.

In 1938, the Stetteneck became an annex of the Hotel Adler, while in the Second World War, it was served as the only Dolomite air raid shelter. In 1962, the Stetteneck became a guesthouse and, in 1972, a fully-fledged hotel which is still run as a family business to this day.

Gasthof Engel, Unteruhrwirt (today the Hotel Angelo Engel )

Today’s Hotel Angelo Engel on the old valley road has always been a hotel, and its roots date back to the 16th century.  Also known as Dëur Dessot, the Beché or the Unteruhrwirt, it is one of the oldest hotels in the village.

In 1896, extensive renovations included the addition of a dining room, veranda and garden. The Demetz family took over in 1913, and upgraded it to hotel status in 1950. The restaurant remained open for many years until the renovations of 2004, when it closed its doors for the last time.

Hotel Dolomiti Madonna

In around 1898, painter Christian Delago purchased a house beneath the art school, where he and his wife Josefina Schmalzl established a coffee house; by 1906, they had expanded it to the Dolomitenhotel Madonna. Delago also relocated his workshop to the hotel, which boasted 25 bedrooms, a garden, a veranda, and an art studio for guests.

Marienheim (now the Hotel Maria)

Although the house and workshop which art distributor Franz Schmalzl de Ianesc built on Antonibo-den in 1872/73 was unassuming in size and nature, by the turn of the century the Marienheim had grown to become the third-largest hotel in St. Ulrich— complete with a swimming pool and a dining room which occupied an entire floor.