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The house was built in 1803 so that city employees could collect “Chausseegeld”. In order to finance the maintenance of the road, a tax was due on the house in front of a barrier. The cash register has been preserved in the building.

Various tenants lived in the house with their families. In order to relieve the burden on the city, they should have an income in addition to collecting the highway money. The steep mountain proved to be a source of money, as many teams were not strong enough to pull the carriages and carts to the top. A horse stable was added to the house and the tenant offered harnessing services. The additional horses were used to move the wagons uphill.

Collecting money, harnessing the horses – that took time. A new source of income opened up. The first tenant already had the idea of entertaining those waiting. This got him into trouble because he served brandy without permission. His successor tried to get the license and it was not until 1820 that he was allowed to run an inn. The foundation for the inn "Bellevue" was laid, and the name was mentioned for the first time in 1887.

The inn remained in existence even after tolls were lifted in 1897. The restaurant's beer garden used to be on the opposite side of the street. It had become a popular destination, with people enjoying their coffee in the garden. There was even a bowling alley on the site; the bowling hut can still be seen from the street in the overgrown garden. Today it is hard to imagine that the waitress carried coffee and cake across the street.

The last landlady of the “Bellevue” inn ran it until the mid-1990s. Some people still know the country inn from this time. That was a long time ago, the listed Chausseehaus has been empty since 1998. The house itself has hardly any economic value, although the structure is still in good condition. “But it has an ideal value.” It also secures the value of the property, which is no longer allowed to be redeveloped outside.

Later in 2018 the inn nearly got burned down due to arson.

In the heart of a small community somewhere in northwestern Germany lies an inconspicuous, but nevertheless impressive, residential building, behind the walls of which a tragic family fate unfolded for years and decades, culminating in a sad climax.

A family of five lived here for many years. Lothar was a trained pharmacist by profession, but later made a career as a managing director of a pharmaceutical company. Hildegard worked as a representative for pharmaceutical products. It was probably this common environment in which they met, fell in love and finally got married in December 1941. Together with their three children, they lived in quite upscale conditions, until at some point the children moved out and the parents went to their well-deserved retirement. Unfortunately, this should be quite different than they had hoped and deserved. It became a struggle for survival and a fight against time.

Lothar was severely ill with cancer in his old age, was thus bedridden, but nursed home by Hildegard until his death. For two years she lived alone in the big house and despite a very close contact with her daughter, she was overwhelmed by the situation. At some point the contact broke off, in vain the daughter tried to reach her mother. So she went into the house to check on her. She found Hildegard dead in the attic. She had hanged herself with a rope.

Later, the daughter packed a few personal belongings, since then, none of the children has allegedly managed to enter the house. The tragic loss of both parents weighs too heavy - and that's why everything was left behind!

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