From time to time, I get interesting inquiries from my readers. Sometimes it is about a pub frequented as a U.S. soldier in the 1960s (inquiry from Nevada/USA), or whether a certain house in Oberursel is still standing (inquiry from Canada). The last one was from a reader in Montana /USA, whose ancestors once owned the former Hotel Waldlust, now named Hotel Am Taunus.
Since the hotel is right in our neighborhood, I also took photos of it to send along with my reply. Not only that, but it also really got me interested in its history.
This postcard, dated 1957, I found online at akpool.
Mr. Stefan Hofmann, a relative of the current owner, Mr. Arno Hofmann, was kind enough to supply me with a newspaper article from 2003.
Translated from the Oberurseler Woche, category: Oberursel – Einst und jetzt (Then and Now), issued 25 September 2003.