Edelweiss Lodge and Resort
Edelweiss Lodge and Resort is an AFRC hotel in Garmisch, Germany; opened in the spring of 2004 and catering to the United States military community stationed overseas.
The Lodge and Resort was built to replace a series of other, older AFRC hotels (such as the now-demolished General Walker Hotel in nearby Berchtesgaden) most of which were sixty or more years old and showing their age.
History
Following the conclusion of the Second World War in Europe, a number of formerly Nazi hotels and resort complexes were taken over by the United States Army and put into use as R&R centers for the benefit of the soldiers stationed there. While these older hotels served this purpose well for many years, they also became expensive to continue to maintain. In the spring of 2000, the U.S. Army and members of the United States Congress approved plans to consolidate all existing AFRC-Europe facilities and construct a modern resort hotel in the Bavarian resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Facilities
The hotel features 330 rooms and suites, a conference center, three restaurants with a variety of American and German dishes, and a fitness center including sauna and pool.