Landhaus Bärenmühle, Frankenau

This country hotel is idyllically located amid tranquil forest and meadow surroundings in Frankenau, on the southern edge of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park, in Hesse.

The Landhaus Bärenmühle is a beautiful, timber-framed, listed building, offering comfortable rooms, suites and apartments. All rooms and areas are named after events and eminent people who played a significant part in shaping local history.

Fine antiques, restored cottage beds, Beidermeier furniture, oak parquet floors, Italian chandeliers and English curtain fabrics all add to the elegant country style of this hotel.


Enjoy the hotel spa area. Have a swim in the natural lake, or take it easy in the sauna and relaxation area. There are various relaxing massages available, from Pilates, Ayurveda, Shiatsu to specialised back-treatments.

In the Landhaus Bärenmühle you can live as romantically as the mill-people of the past, whilst enjoying modern-day comfort. The rooms, suites and apartments are located within the 3 buildings of the charmingly restored millworks: namely the Huguenot’s house from 1735, the historic barn and the family home which was built in 1850.

In the historic barn there is a lounge with a cosy tiled stove and with a small home library where guests are free to browse through the literary works.