Presumably contemporaneously with the Renaissance Town Hall, a predecessor building of today's Oberscholthes was built around 1586/87. The first written mentions of the house date back to the 17th century. Originally divided lengthwise in the middle and thus split into two residential halves, the house still shows a regular, symmetrically structured half-timbering today. The right half of the house was owned in 1675 by a baker's family from Grünberg. The left half was acquired in 1677 by Hans Georg Gerlingshausen, a citizen of Grünberg, councillor, and tradesman, who remodelled the house in 1720. The proud construction inscription on the facade also evidences this.

In 1731, the owner of the so-called "Little Brewery" in the neighbouring Barfüßergasse bought the left half of the building and established an inn there. Since 1783, in the hands of a single owner, the stately house became the residence of the Ober-Schultheis, the highest landgrave court official in the Grünberg district in 1806, and subsequently earned the name "Oberscholthes" in popular parlance. 

Before 1839, a baking family from Grünberg acquired the property and set up a bakery and tavern again, which remained in operation until the 20th century and was always called "Oberscholthes." 

In 1962, the married couple Elisabeth and Ulrich Hanisch acquired the house and converted it into a hotel-restaurant. To this day, the house is owned by the family.

After several changes and renovations in the second half of the 20th century and the early 21st century, the house has not lost any of its original charm and character. Due to its historical and artistic significance, the house has been included in the list of cultural monuments in Hesse and is listed as a historical monument.

We warmly welcome you to this traditional house and wish you a pleasant stay!

Your Weiner-Hanisch family

Literature: Hessian Urban Atlas, Volume II.1, Grünberg, ed. by Ursula Braasch-Schwersmann, revised by Andrea Pühringer, Marburg 2005. - Monument Topography of the Federal Republic of Germany, Cultural Monuments in Hesse, Gießen District II, ed. by the State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse, City of Grünberg, pp. 125ff, esp. p. 158.