Em Höttche

The inn "Em Höttche" has the longest tradition of all Bonner restaurants. The bönnsche history of the house can be seen from the ceiling beams. It begins in 1389, as part of this house a "Nesa of the Bomem". After your later inn was named "To Blomen". The wooden beams to tell others back that here in 1628, Elizabeth Short skirt was burned as a witch, or about Ludwig van Beethoven, who is said to have danced here with his childhood sweetheart Barbe Koch. At that time, played out in today's "Höttche" unprecedented scenes from. For the love of Cologne Elector Gebhard Steward of Waldburg had started the "Cologne War". When the Elector married his sweetheart in 1582, was the feast in the inn "Zum Blomen" took place and ended in chaos. Opponents of the newlyweds Elector stormed the restaurant and wanted to kill him. Escape-like the company left the house. Less spectacular is the fact that the "Höttche" served as an alternative venue for the city council from 1737-1739 - the town hall was just built. 1822 bought the brewer Gottfried Wolf the house for 3,610 gold coins, since called the inn "Em Höttche". After a bomb attack on 18 October 1944, the "Höttche" burned to the foundation walls, but the historic house was always rebuilt, and is an inseparable part of Bonn. Today, the inn presented in the historic ambience under the direction of Falk Brandau.