History of EDERER
From very early on, the open, south-facing valley, its fertile hills and the protection of the mountains to the North have attracted people to this area, as evidenced by archeological finds such as a Noric knife in Ponigl (app. 1000BC), and Roman stones.
1295
From the Middle Ages until the end of the 18th century, the Weizberg hill was also a well-known place of pilgrimage. Seckau’s diocese rent-role from 1295 lists the tributes paid to the bishop by the inhabitants of Weiz and the surrounding area.
1495
The house on the Weizberg is first mentioned in a bill of exchange from House Stubenberg (aristocratic seat: Gutenberg) to Bishop Mathias of Seckau, which states that they would give a virgate, or 30 acres, in Peesen for „anderthalb Hofstatt“ (one-and-a-half farmsteads) on the Kirchberg, and that they would endow an “eternal mass” in the Antonius Chapel on the Weizberg.
Visual evidence of this farmstead can be found in a stone relief on the parapet of the double staircase in the church.
From 1495 to 1848, the holders of this farmstead were subjects of the rulers of Gutenberg.
1697
In 1697, we find the first mention of a licensed house alongside the name Urban Pruner, “organist, schoolmaster and publican” („Organist, Schulmaister und Gastgeb“) in the parish register of Weizberg.
1777
17 A + F 77 – this inscription can be found in the wooden ceiling in the old taproom. It proves that Andreas Frieß expanded the inn by adding this room - one year after the dedication of the new baroque church.
1809
Peter Frieß, son of Andreas, passed away at a young age, and the 1809 inventory, which is part of the change protocol of Gutenberg, lists the following rooms: dining room, taproom, small dining room (“Stüberl”), dancing room, hall, and dormitory.
In 1809, his widow, Maria, married Ignaz Mitteregger, son of a butcher from Anger. Since then, there has always been a butcher’s shop on the Weizberg.
1856
Johann Trummer bought the „Neuwirth“ inn at auction in 1856 and ran the inn with his wife, Anna.
1877
The inn, the butcher’s shop and the farm passed to son Johann Trummer on the occasion of his marriage to Maria Prinz, daughter of an innkeeper from St. Ruprecht an der Raab. Since the couple remained childless, they adopted Aloisia Prattes, daughter of a shoemaker from Weiz and his wife Juliana, née Wurzinger.
1911
In 1911, Aloisia Prattes married Johann Ederer, the oldest son of the Harlbauer farm in Leska. Since then, four generations of the Eder family have run the inn.
Since World War 2, Johann Ederer and his wife, Christine, née Wünscher, have
presided over a number of large-scale structural alternations. First was a new
kitchen extension, a number of new guest rooms, and new premises for the
butcher’s shop. The guest rooms were continuously remodeled to make sure they
offer the highest standard of accommodation. In addition, the old stables were
knocked down and rebuilt further away from the main complex to make room for a
large hall with a cellar, which in turn meant that the butcher’s shop moved
into new, updated premises once again. Thus, the former pilgrims‘ hostel has
become one of the leading enterprises in the region.
In keeping with this long-established tradition, Josef Ederer and his wife Margarete, née Rosenbaum, turned the traditional inn into a popular seminar hotel with swimming pool. By integrating the nearby inn as part of an architecturally ambitious renovation, Reinhard Ederer and his wife Petra, née Glatz, are putting their modern stamp on the rich history of this Weiz landmark.
