Kurhaus Flühli

In 1782, the inn Zur Kreuzbuche was "newly" opened in 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 inn Zur Kreuzbuche in 1858. The discovery of the sulfur springs triggered a veritable tourism boom. While the Kreuzbuche hosted just five guests in the summer of 1878, by the summer of 1885, there were already 150. Thus, the inn Zur Kreuzbuche was converted into a spa hotel. Even its own sulfur spring was drawn from the rear valley floor into the hotel's cellar. This allowed hotel guests to enjoy their sulfur 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 located. At the turn of the century, Leo Enzmann handed over the business to his son, who was no less talented and inherited his father's business acumen. He expanded the Kurhaus and enjoyed high visitor numbers for many decades. Even prominent names can be found in the guest books, such as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Officially, Lenin spent the summer of 1915 with his wife in Sörenberg, where she was undergoing treatment. However, Lenin himself was often found at the Kurhaus in Flühli, where his secretary and lover were accommodated. The Enzmann family ran the Kurhaus for a total of three generations.