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The Red Bear claims to be one of the oldest inns in Germany. The building itself is one of the oldest city of Freiburg and dates back to the foundation of the city. It stands on the place Oberlinden near the Schwabentors. The list of names of the 50 bears hosts can be traced back to the year 1311 and begins with the host Hanmann Bienger. The title " Oldest pub in Germany " claim next to the Red Bears also the hostel to the lions in Seelbach and Zum Riesen in the Lower Franconian Miltenberg.

The place Oberlinden with the fountain, the Lindenbaum ( 1729 ) and the guest house for red bear is with the other historic buildings in the old town conservation area. The justification provided is that this is one of the most peculiar and most intact old town Pictures of Germany. The figurehead of the restaurant is decorated with a golden bear. According to Grimm's dictionary had the word " red " has a special meaning in the Middle Ages: " gold, copper, precious stones and other minerals are often called red red gold is in the poetic language äuszerst a popular application. . "

History

The foundations of the building are detected up to the city's founding to 1120. Belong to the mansion of the former Grafenhof of Zaehringen. The manor house was situated in the village from which Berthold III. in 1090 built the castle on the Schlossberg. The three-storey basement is preserved with its arcades and pillars, as well as the natural soil.

The use as a guest house is detectable until the 12th century. At that time the house was red, so did the illiterate, the stored here the goods safely and room and board was possible. The importance of this economy can be read from the proven stables for 200 horses and the many forging.

In 1744 the French dragged the Vauban fortifications. Even the inn - as close to the city wall - it was affected. The former hosts - family Strohmeyer - was compensated generously by the French as well as other citizens. With the help of this money, the Romanesque Gothic arcades house was demolished and replaced by the present baroque building.

The first writing proven host is Hanmann Bienger ( the Elder). It is named in 1311 in a land registry document of the monastery Adelhausen as a witness. Until 1406, the family Bienger hosted documentary evidence of the bear. For example, the third generation - also a Hanmann - mentioned as " Württemberg ze red Bern " on 13 March 1387 with a writ. Many of the farmers were also judicial and aldermen of the city, often guild master. So the bear was also a long time the guild house of the cobbler, this can be seen in the shoemaker guild in the Freiburg Münster window.

For coloring include home began on January 7, 1727, nearly nine -month involuntary detention of Salpetersieders and guild master Johann Albiez from Book ( Albbruck ) in today's Hotze forest. As emphasized Christian, upright and stubborn peasant rebel he led his followers the Salpetererunruhen in the first half of the 18th century, against the authorities at. The former Bears host, John Meier straw was notified on 4 November 1727 by the assembled in Dogern agreement masters of peasant self-government, that all accommodation costs of Arrestierten " bey Heller and penny " of the county shall be refunded. In September 1727 Albiez died at the inn.

The current CEO is Monika Hansen. Your predecessor Wolf Eschger, the host 51 in an unbroken sequence, changed in 2010 to the island of Mainau.

Early 2012 was in the cellar of the inn renovated a wooden pillar, which to date from the year 1263 and thus would be older than the oldest bar in the cathedral.