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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. 

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.