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Latest news from Ströbeck:

The traditional inn "Zum Schachspiel" has re-opened!

After a break of same years, the traditional Ströbeck hostelry "Gasthaus zum Schachspiel"
has re-opened for business on the village square with the same name.
Carola Rummelhagen, a native of Ströbeck, has taken over the centuries-old tavern.
This historical location has been the site of a tavern since at least the 17^th century. The building next-door, in what is now a branch of the Volksbank, housed a roadhouse with stabling accommodation. Coach drivers and travellers could leave their horses here to rest while they enjoyed a good meal and some local beer in the "Gasthaus zum Schachspiel".

Numerous well-wishers, including the mayor, Rudi Krosch, the chairwoman of the chess club, Karin Dittmann, and the director of the Chess Museum, Josef Cacek, came to the opening as well as the landlord and landlady of many years, Elli and Fritz Löffler, who ran the pub from 1946 to 1980.

The chess tower - Ströbeck's landmark

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