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Garmisch didn't used to have the pedestrian zones that it has now, and I don't know when they were added. Some photos of the 1950s show normal roads where now there is the pedestrian zone. So, it's difficult to know what was a main street in 1960.
In April 1956, the Garmisch Recreation Area included the new Patton, von Steuben, Green Arrow and Sheridan Plaza Hotels. The Americans still controlled the Partenkirchenerhof, Bahnhof, Roter Hahn and Riessersee Hotels, and rented the Eibsee Hotel.
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Between 1958 and 1968, the TMP conducted group tours for AFRC and bussed American school children from Garmisch to dependent schools at Murnau and Oberammergau. In 1968, the TMP was relocated one last time, to Artillery Kaserne. Changes at Berchtesgaden Recreation Area Major Changes have been made in the skiing areas.
Trying to locate an inn I stayed in in the late 60s. We stayed in a "typical" 3-story Bavarian inn in Garmisch. I awoke in the morning to a man walking up the mountain with his cows (their bells ringing) right outside my 3rd floor window...
History. 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.
- United States Department of Defense
- September 2004
Apr 24, 2023 · American soldiers who served in Europe knew it as the Patton Hotel. All that stands today is an empty shell. Garmisch, about an hour south of Munich (Munchen with an umlaut), was taken over as very much a part of the United States during the Cold War. The Patton Hotel, opened in 1953, was the gem.
Jul 26, 2015 · I was in the Army in Europe Germany/Italy from 1986-2002 and I still live here (Garmisch) after retiring in 2002. I know.that I had many trips there and watched as all of the old American hotels were torn down. A couple still exist. Sadly the same fate happened in Garmisch. The ones here that are still up are full of refugees.
