The Rappenhof history
From farm to country hotel
Our business and leisure hotel Rappenhof is looking back on a long history. Grapes have been cultivated on the formerly named “Gauchberg” since the 15th century. In the 18th century the then land owner built a farm and established the Rappenhof. After a few changes of ownership, the Rappenhof fell on a Christian colony for a short time in the 19th century.
Christian colony in Weinsberg
Juliane baroness of Krüdener, once wife of the Russian ambassador, a novelist with stages of life in France and on journeys and at the same time a religious woman and advisor for czar Alexander I. of Russia, formed a parish for people believing in Christian revivalism in 1815 together with priest Friedrich Fontaine and visionary Maria Gottlieb Kummer. Authorities withdrew their right of residence shortly after.
Princely domain and restaurant
The princely dominion of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein purchased the Rappenhof in 1858 to form a princely estate by linking it with other farms. But instead, the Rappenhof got leased out. In 1876 the buildings burned down and the farm was sold again.
After a few more owners and the reconstruction of the buildings Heinrich and Friedericke Wurster assumed the Rappenhof. Their son Heinrich junior established a restaurant in 1951, the Gutsgaststätte Rappenhof, and offered rooms to his guests since 1967. The Rappenhof developed into a 3 star hotel which is operated by Elisabeth Wurster since more than 40 years.