Juffing Hotel & Spa: history & outlook

No future without past

In the midst of a gently hilly landscape, the Juffing was built in 1933 as a community hall for the farmers of Hinterthiersee. 

The Juffing remained an uninhabited building shell for several years until it was bought by the farmer Josef Juffinger in 1954. A bourgeois inn with seven rooms came into being. When the old Juffing was torn down in 1994, a bricklayer apprentice found a well preserved letter under the uppermost beam of the truss. This letter commemorates the erection of the ridge on 16 October 1933. It is a historical document of special value. 

Illustration edelweiss
When the guests discovered Hinterthiersee

Milestones from then
until now

October 1933

Ridge installation:
28 interested parties from Hinterthiersee build a community house together

Old picture, outside view of hotel Juffing
May 1954

Repurchase by Josef Juffinger of the faction building, which had been under construction for 20 years

Autumn 1964

Extension on the east side of the Gasthof Juffing with an additional 20 guest rooms

December 1974

Opening of the dance club Kristall

Old picture, local bar
December 1981

Opening of the Thierseerhof holiday hotel

May 1994

Demolition of the old Juffing and opening of the new Juffing Residence

from 1997 ongoing

Technological upgrades and extensive sustainability initiatives

Spring 2007

Construction of a 3-storey suite wing

Outdoor view of hotel Juffing
Spring 2012

Construction of the outdoor pool, demolition of the "fountain of youth" and construction of a modern sauna area with treatment rooms. Strategic wellness start.

Spring 2015

Construction of the employee apartment block.
In the following years, extensive initiatives to promote a team-orientated corporate culture.

2018

"Adults only from 18 years"
is communicated to the outside world for the first time

Spring 2019

Spa extension, new kitchen & restaurant modernisation, addition of 4th floor suite wing, Brand promise "Balance that inspires"

Summer 2024

Generous expansion of the spa area, enlargement of the underground car park, phasing out fossil fuels.

Together with a strong team of employees and in friendly connection with many regular guests, we look forward to upcoming challenges.

„It is as if one person had to climb five low steps and another person only one step, but one that is, at least for him, as high as all the other five put together; the first person will not only manage the five, but hundreds and thousands more as well, he will have led a great and very strenuous life, but none of the steps he has climbed will have been of such importance to him as for the second person that one, first, high step, that step which it is impossible for him to climb even by exerting all his strength, that step which he cannot get up on and which he naturally cannot get past either.“

From: Franz Kafka