How it began
On Christmas Eve 1989, brothers Dietmar and Dagobert Dahse sat together in their parents’ living room in Glövzin and discussed the changing times. In spring 1990 they left their jobs and bought the local restaurant where Dietmar had worked as an innkeeper since 1981.
After extensive renovations, Dahses Gasthaus opened on 8 August 1990. The former village restaurant became a country hotel with a restaurant, guest rooms and ballroom.
Work on the family farm began in 1994. Dahses Erbhof opened on 1 April 1997: the former cowshed became the grill restaurant, hotel rooms were created in the hayloft, and a four-lane ninepin alley was built. The barn and fireside room now host events.
The hereditary farm
The farm has been in the family for generations; the Dahse family was first recorded here in 1656. The substantial four-sided farmstead grew over many generations.
Werner Dahse continued to run the farm after returning from Russian captivity as a prisoner of war. After collectivisation in 1960 and leaving the agricultural cooperative in 1965, freedom and independence became especially important to him. When the cooperative was dissolved, the family regained its property. In 1992, Werner Dahse handed the farm over to his sons.
In 2023, we—the cousins Nina and Johannes Dahse—took over the businesses from our fathers and now continue the family tradition together as the next generation.
Before returning to the Erbhof, both of us set out into the world: we each spent a year in New Zealand to gain new perspectives and inspiration. Johannes also deepened his business knowledge through a semester abroad in Canada during his business administration degree and completed his training as a hotel specialist in Hamburg. Nina learned the culinary craft from the ground up and completed her training as a chef at the five-star Ritz-Carlton hotel in Berlin.
With this valuable wealth of experience, a touch of vision and deeply rooted ties, we now combine tradition with fresh momentum at the Erbhof.
