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In mid-2000, the American Congress decided to merge all European AFRC resorts into one hotel complex in Garmisch. Due to the changed world situation after the end of the Cold War and Operation "Iraqi Freedom", the first Iraq war, the potential clientele had shrunk considerably due to the withdrawal of troops.
Edelweiss Lodge and Resort was built to replace a series of older Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC) hotels (General Patton Hotel and General Von Steuben in Garmisch-Partenkirchen). Other hotels throughout the AFRC Resort history included the now-demolished General Walker Hotel in Obersalzberg.
The US military had come to the decision to close and consolidate all of the AFRC hotels in southern Germany into one central facility in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, opened in 2004. The Bavarian state government resumed old plans to have a luxury hotel erected at Obersalzberg.
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Apr 3, 2003 · The three closings will leave Europe with just one AFRC hotel facility, the Patton Hotel in Garmisch, and reduce the total number of available AFRC-Europe guest rooms from 343 to 119.
Sep 24, 2003 · HEIDELBERG, Germany — The new Armed Forces Recreation Center resort hotel in Garmisch will be named after a small white flower commonly found in the Alps. Brig. Gen. Robert L. Decker, commander...
Nov 8, 2010 · Lobby Portrait, Patton Hotel. AFRC’S “GEM” IN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY…NOT FORGOTTEN. By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor. I drive past the old building, a former SS barracks, maybe an R & R center during World War II. American soldiers who served in Europe knew it as the Patton Hotel. All that stands today is an empty shell.
Sep 19, 2019 · This hotel was owned and operated by the U.S. Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC). It opened in 1953 and was returned to the German Government in 2004. A German building contractor Ibrahim Kavun, bought the 6,115 square meter (65,821 square feet) complex in July 2014 for 1.72 million euros ($1,918,823.40 USD 2019 rate) and has rented it to ...
