Chronicles
At the beginning there was a sleepy little mill in the High Black Forest.
At the beginning there was a sleepy little mill in the High Black Forest.
At the beginning there was a sleepy little mill in the High Black Forest. Up until the year 1832, the mill was located below the Mettenberg Mountain in the valley. Because of a lack of water, the mill was moved to its current location, it was powered by water and diesel. At this place where the Schlücht, Rötenbach and Rippoldsbach streams come together, there was enough water in order to drive the mill.
During the First World War the Tannenmühle mill building was completely destroyed by fire. That is why the first son of Anna and Friedrich Baschnagel, Josef, was born in Birkendorf at this time. Josef would later join the Benedictine Order in St. Ottilien, where he was ordained a priest. He spent 50 years as a missionary in Tanzania, where he built up a mission station in Ndanda. On the 31st of January 2005, Father Richard (Josef) Baschnagel passed away in St. Ottilien where he spent his retirement.
The son Siegfried Baschnagel operated the mill as master miller up until the year 1954. The mill was also able to generate its own electricity. The operation of the mill was ceased for economic reasons. Fritz Baschnagel took over the Tannenmühle building together with his wife Hildegard, who he married in 1956. They had three children, daughter Conny and the sons Guido and Georg.
In order to built up a livelihood, Fritz and Hildegard started their little bar and restaurant with just four tables. A lot of regulations had to be met and a lot reconstruction work had to be started in order to create the necessary and prescribed conditions for a bar and restaurant business.
Also in the years that followed, Fritz Baschnagel remained infected with the construction bug. The St. Lawrence Chapel was built on the raised ground opposite the Hotel Tannenmühle and consecrated in the presence of a large number of guests in1982/83. A lot of cooks and chefs from the region were there because Saint Lawrence is the patron saint of cooks.
In 1986 the mill and equipment museum [Mühlen– und Gerätemuseum] followed, the building was rebuilt in accordance with the old plans of the former mill. Today it is a wonderful place to visit and takes its many visitors back to earlier, simpler times. The mill was built in accordance with old construction practices completely without the use of metal nails and all equipment also corresponds to exactly how it was 100 years ago.
The building "Haus Laurentius" was built in 1990/93, and today it contains holiday apartments. The Hotel Tannenmühle was passed on to Guido and his wife Erika in 1995. They married in November 1983, after Guido had passed his master chef examination with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Hochrhein Bodensee in the spring of the same year. They have three children Linda, Lorenz and Lukas.
The senior boss Fritz Baschnagel turned 70 on the 28th of October 2001. On behalf of the Prime Minister Erwin Teufel, Manfred König presented Fritz Baschnagel with the Staufer Medal [Staufer Medaille] of the Federal State of Baden Würrtemberg. He was also awarded the Honorary medal [Ehernmedaille] of the municipality of Grafenhausen by the Mayor Erich Kiefer.
In 2004/5, our cosy parlour, which allowed us to get started in the gastronomy trade was renovated and turned into an office with reception. At the same time, the sanitary facilities were modernized, the scullery was expanded and the restaurant was expanded again further.
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