An inn on the Brenner railway
Right across from the new Klausen railway station the Krone comes into being: a house for everyone on the move. The railway brings travellers from half of Europe into the Eisack Valley.
Our story
1895One house, five generations.
An inn on the new Brenner railway, three sisters who carried it through a century, and an innkeeper ahead of his time. In the early 1980s a film crew captured it all.
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History
Scroll through 130 years.
1895
Four children grow up in the house
Leonhard Schrott and his wife, an innkeeper's daughter from Merano, have four children: Leo, Elisabeth, Frieda and Hildegard. The son is meant to take over the house one day.
The war changes everything
Leo, the only son and intended successor, is killed in the war. The life plans of the three sisters change radically: they step in to run the business and stay.
Klausen's first swimming pool
In the middle of the lean post-war years, Leonhard Schrott builds the first swimming pool in Klausen out of an old manure pit. The guests come, the competition marvels.
Three daughters take over
After their mother's death, the father transfers ownership to Elisabeth, Frieda and Hildegard. Out of the hardship of the war years, a well-rehearsed trio has long since formed.
The express trains still stop
When the Val Gardena railway is discontinued, Leonhard Schrott successfully campaigns for express trains to keep stopping in Klausen. For the house by the station, a lifeline.
Farewell to the pioneer
Leonhard Schrott dies. His daughters carry on the Krone, each in her own area, for decades.
The three unlike sisters
A film crew portrays the sisters, now around 60. At that time the next generation is already growing up in the house.
The fifth generation
Behind the historic façade a completely new house is created: 21 smart apartments with self-check-in, pool and sauna. Leonard runs the Krone in the fifth generation.
The three sisters
Each had her own realm. Together they were the Krone.
Elisabeth „Sissa"
The face at the frontBusiness school in Bolzano. Ran the reception, office and breakfast service and was for many guests the first and often only point of contact.
Frieda
The heart of the kitchenLearned to cook directly from her mother. Ran the kitchen and the laundry, loved the large garden with its flowers and preferred to stay behind the scenes.
Hildegard „Hilde"
The structure in the houseHotel management school in Heidelberg, practical training at the Kurhaus in Merano. She was in charge of rooms, floors and housekeeping and brought professional order to the house.
Film stills from “The three unlike sisters”, around 1983.
Pioneering spirit
Ahead of its time in advance.
Then and now
Move in through time.
Around 1983 in the garden
Today in the house
On the left the garden pool from 1946 (film still around 1983), on the right the pool in the new house.