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Romantik Waldhotel Mangold
Bensberg, Germany · Independent · Near Luxury
Wilhelm Mangold opened the Hänsel- und Gretelhaus in 1925, a woodland restaurant on an old forester's plot in the Milchborntal, and the stone figures of Hänsel, Gretel, and the witch are still in the garden. His son Hans turned the place into a hotel at the end of the 1960s. From 1976 to 1981 this was where 1. FC Köln slept before home games. Hennes Weisweiler liked the quiet, and the team bus did not leave until Hans stood in the car park and waved.
- 23 rooms
- Neighborhood: Milchborntal
About Romantik Waldhotel Mangold
- Rooms had no televisions yet, so Hans rented sets for the Cologne squad at five marks a weekend. Uta bought a Carpigiani so Weisweiler could still have the ice cream he liked. That machine is still in the kitchen.
- Hans refused the usual Romantik prefix when the house joined in 1999. He folded the word into the name, so the door says Romantik Waldhotel Mangold.
- Jochen Mangold, the third generation, lives in the hotel again with his wife Sonja, their daughter Hannah, and the hotel dog Cenia. The address is Am Milchbornbach 39 to 43, a walk from Schloss Bensberg.
- Goethe, on his art trip in 1774, wrote about the view into this valley and up to Bensberg. The hotel came a century and a half later. The Bensberger Schlossweg still passes the door.
History
Since 1925 the Milchborntal has been tied to the name Mangold. Wilhelm Mangold opened the Hänsel- und Gretelhaus that year as a woodland restaurant on the site of an earlier forester's house, with stone fairy-tale figures that are still on the grounds. Hans Mangold, born in the valley in 1927, took over at the end of the 1960s after years in hotels including the Breidenbacher Hof, and built the first guest rooms. From 1976 to 1981 the house was the official team hotel of 1. FC Köln under Hennes Weisweiler, including the 1978 double season. The family joined Romantik Hotels in 1999 and made Romantik part of the name. Hans and Uta handed the house to their sons Hans-Jörgen and Jochen at the turn of 2013 to 2014. Hans-Jörgen died on 10 September 2025. Jochen runs it now.
The setting
Am Milchbornbach 39 to 43, 51429 Bergisch Gladbach-Bensberg, in the Milchborntal at the edge of the woods. Schloss Bensberg is a walk away, and the Schlossweg passes the hotel. Cologne day-trippers have been coming out here since the suburban railway reached Bensberg. The city field says Bensberg, which is the district name. The postal town is Bergisch Gladbach.
Amenities
- E-Ladesäule (EV charging station)
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