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 It is a historical document of special value. 

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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
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Autumn 1964
Extension on the east side of the Gasthof Juffing with an additional 20 guest rooms
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December 1974
Opening of the dance club Kristall
Old picture, local bar
December 1981
Opening of the Thierseerhof holiday hotel
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May 1994
Demolition of the old Juffing and opening of the new Juffing Residence
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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.
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Spring 2015
Construction of the employee apartment block.
In the following years, extensive initiatives to promote a team-orientated corporate culture.
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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"
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Summer 2024
Generous expansion of the spa area, enlargement of the underground car park, phasing out fossil fuels.
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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