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Familie Thurm
»Sustainability is lived at Hotel Das Rübezahl. Not just since it became ” trendy”, but already for generations.«
The Rübezahl has been managed from the beginning by the hotelier family Thurm. Currently, by Giselle and Erhard along with their son Alexander. The history of the hotel began in the fifties of the last century, when Hildegard and Herbert Thurm opened a small inn with pension rooms in 1959. The couple came from the Giant Mountains in Silesia and built up a new existence with a lot of ambition and iron will.
Giselle also knows a thing or two about ambition: Born in Brazil, she was figure skating champion in 1984/85 and moved to Füssen for the sport. To earn some extra money, Giselle sold souvenirs during the day and worked as a waitress at Das Rübezahl in the evening. For Erhard Thurm, the hotel’s young chef, it was love at first sight.
The two married in 1990, and their son Alexander, born in 1995, has always been with them – as a toddler in the playpen behind the reception desk and later as a helping hand. After school, Alexander studied hotel management and was already able to gain a lot of experience in the leading hotels in Europe.