Kurhaus Flühli

In 1782, the inn "zur Kreuzbuche" was "newly" opened on the village square of Flühli. The inn, which originally stood on the village hill of Flühli, had to make way for the construction of the church. Leo Enzmann acquired the Kreuzbuche inn in 1858, and the discovery of the sulphur springs triggered a veritable tourism boom. In the summer of 1878, the Kreuzbuche hosted just five guests, but by the summer of 1885 it was already hosting 150. And so it was that the Kreuzbuche inn was converted into a spa hotel. Even the hotel's own sulphur spring was drawn from the back of the valley to the cellar of the hotel. This meant that hotel guests could enjoy their sulphur baths directly in the hotel. Even today, you can see in the cellar of the FLÜHLI Hotel Kurhaus where the old bathing cabins were once housed. At the turn of the century, Leo Enzmann handed over the business to his son, who was no less talented and had inherited his father's business acumen. He expanded the Kurhaus and enjoyed the high visitor numbers for many decades. Prominent names can also be found in the guest books, such as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Officially, Lenin spent the summer of 1915 in Sörenberg with his wife, who was there for a cure. Lenin himself, however, was often to be found at the Kurhaus in Flühli, where his secretary and mistress were accommodated. The Enzmann family ran the Kurhaus for three generations.