Our house
The Romantic Hotel Alte Vogtei was built in 1753 and went down in history as F. W. Raiffeisen’s birth house in 1818. The house’s well-preserved architecture contributes to its unique atmosphere. The hotel rooms have individual designs and combine modern comfort with tradition.
A delightful service awaits you in our comfortable restaurant rooms – together with lovingly prepared regional cuisine with fresh herbs and fruit from our own garden.
The Romantic Hotel Alte Vogtei is a three star Superior Hotel and a proud member of the Romantic Cooperation “Romantic Hotels & Restaurants International“ since 1976.
We take great pride in having been a Romantic Hotel for the past 45 years and counting.
Are you looking for a parking space? We have four places directly at the house. Nearby you will also find a free car park
Family Wortelkamp
In the Alte Vogtei welcomes family Wortelkamp that the romantic half-timbered building performs in the 5th generation from 1753 as a hotel and restaurant. Daniela and Markus Wortelkamp work with a lot of passion in mind that you can recover well during your short break in the northernmost part of Rheinland-Pfalz.
The historic Westerwald half-timbered house, Romantik Hotel Alte Vogtei, was built 1753rd Carl Abraham Lanzendörfer, mayor of Hamm and later father-Raiffeisen, the building permit for today's old bailiwick was obtained and already celebrated topping when it came to a dispute. A part of the plot was not as accepted for municipality Hamm, but the Count Nesselrode. This process continued until 1760, but was a just conclusion without demolition of the house, as it was intended.
The drawings on the situation and district of the house and of a part of the village are therefore obtained.
Today's Alte Vogtei, is the childhood home of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, who was born in March 1818 as the sixth of eight children in Hamm. He was the founder of the agriculture union cooperatives, the forefather of today's Raiffeisen Bank. As a socially committed Christian, he created in 1864 the "loan associations-clubs as a means to remedy the distress of the rural population as well as the urban artisans and workers." During his tenure as mayor in Weyerbusch, Flammersfeld and Heddesdorf was the construction of the Rhine road, today's B256. Today it is his track on the Raiffeisenstraße and the Raiffeisenmuseum and in Flammersfeld pursue.