Hotel Waldkater
The Hotel Waldkater was a famous hotel in the Bode Gorge in the Harz Mountains of Germany. History The first establishment called ''Waldkater'' ("wildcat") was built in 1845 and subsequently altered many times. The name goes back to a story, according to which a wine adulterator had been changed into a cat as a punishment. Before it was shot by a hunter the cat was supposed to have been saved by revealing a recipe for a May Day drink (''Maitrank''). But because this drink was also adulterated and caused the hunter to have a hangover, the adulterator had to be saved again and now showed the hunter a hidden treasure. With this capital the hunter built the hotel as well as a monument to the adulterator. Less romantic is the story that a carter named Christoph Fessel originally built a small refreshment hut in the Bode Gorge that was soon replaced by the one-story ''Kleiner Waldkater''. In 1852 the ''Großer Waldkater'' Hotel was added, that together with the Rosstrappe, Hexentanzpl ...
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