HISTORY

… he could sing and play instruments very well and he also had good ideas. Siegfried, Stefan's father, is meant here. He was the pioneer of the so-called „Sommerfrische“ (summer freshness) – how vacation was called in the 60s – in Elisabethszell. Everything started with a small excursion café with live music and dancing. Siegfried enthused his guests with his voice and music. Some guests already shook their legs on Sunday afternoons.

In 1962, the small farm of the ancestors had to make way for the café Mariandl which was soon well-known in the farer surrounding. However, Siegfried Dietl enlarged the café with a guesthouse very soon. This guesthouse had six guest rooms with running cold water, hot water was taken to the rooms. Holidaymakers  already felt comfortable at family Dietl back then. Encouraged by the success the family Dietl extended the popular guesthouse to the Hotel Mariandl. In 1992 Karl Moik (Austrian TV legend) invited the Mariandl and since then a lot of stars from the „Schlager“ (German music) and folk music scene have given a performance on the stage of our hotel and politicians as well as sportsmen and sportswomen have been regular guests.

An extension of the service offer and  hotel capacity has been necessary because of a permenantly increasing number of confident guests in course of time. In 1989 family Dietl built a guesthouse equipped with modern comfort, an indoor swimming pool, sauna and solarium – near the Hotel Mariandl. A further guesthouse was opened in 1995. The existing spa area was extended in 2000 and reconstructed to a modern spa landscape with a lot of conveniences.

The Mariandl celebrated its 50th birthday with a big birthday party in 2012.  However, in the following years there has not been a stillstand. The hotel has always been adapted to the contemporary standard and the success stories continues.

Also in 2022 to the 60th birthday of the Mariandl, a lot of new things are offered to the guests by the hotel. They can look forward to it. The success story continues.