Gasthof Adler Langenegg

The Gasthof Adler was built around 1770. It is a broad, two-storey Einhofs with residential and inn use in the west and an economic wing on the east side. Based on a high, bricked cellar floor, the house was built in block construction. The untreated wood cladding and the white lattice windows with green shutters are characteristic elements of Langenegg and the Bregenzerwald. Another characteristic feature is the service wing with a high entrance to the upper floor in a column construction. The three-part, late-classicist entrance portal is elevated and accessed via a double flight of stairs. In order to meet today's demands of living comfort, the exterior walls were provided with thin, diffusion-open insulation layers. The façade was newly shingled and the old box-type windows were renovated and, if necessary, partly renewed or supplemented according to the original windows. However, the good energy demand of the building is primarily a result of to the new insulation of the basement ceiling and the roof. On the inside, the building has a central corridor layout, meaning that the guestrooms and residential units are accessible from the corridor in the middle of the house. This structure was also retained after the renovation in 2013. Sanitary and ancillary rooms were accommodated in rooms with plain or no furnishings, so that as many of the historical details as possible were preserved, such as internal ogival windows, field panelling, doors with fittings and box locks from the Baroque and Biedermeier periods, as well as fitted cupboards, tiled stoves or the house bell. A new staircase was installed in the economic section. Lighting is provided through glazing at the entrance door and also through small gaps between the wooden façade, that are barely visible from the outside. The attic was partially extended during the renovation. For daylight three new roof windows on each side are installed.