Mountain Inn in Lower Saxony

© Hanover region

Toward the end of the 19th century, visiting country inns was a widespread form of popular entertainment. There, people relaxed, dined, chatted, and danced to music. The Berggasthaus Niedersachsen was particularly popular at the time. It was easily accessible “in 30 minutes by electric streetcar,” as the Hanover Streetcar Company operated a line that ran to Barsinghausen and had a branch line leading to the restaurant. The restaurant was situated in the middle of a spacious park that had been laid out in 1898 by Julius Trip, Hanover’s first director of parks. After the main building was demolished, the grounds initially fell into obscurity but were later restored in several phases during the 1980s and 1990s. The restaurant—now housed in the former chair storage shed—and the park with its imposing open staircase have since become a popular destination once again.