Hotel-Restaurant Löwenhof

The institution, centrally located at the old Hanau railroad station/east station, advertised with moderate overnight prices, home-style and kosher cuisine "Polish and Romanian style". It was sometimes noted in the press that the majority of guests had an Eastern European, i.e. migrant, rather than a "Western" biographical history. When it was founded - the date is not known - the establishment first traded as Hotel Ostbahnhof, then as Hotel Diehl and finally - completely renovated - as Hotel Löwenhof; until the end of 1923 under owner or director Adolf Mangel. As early as 1905, the hotel was a meeting place for the orthodox Zionist association Misrachi. The Hotel - Restaurant Löwenhof was a place of lively Yiddish culture and kosher gastronomy. Exuberant celebrations and artistic performances took place in the large ballroom. From the 1920s, performances by the internationally renowned "Jewish Theater" were offered every evening, at which the audience "cries more than laughs, as they are mostly tragedies", according to a review in the magazine Der Israelit. In addition, the house with its spacious outdoor terrace regularly served as a meeting place for conferences of the local and youth groups Agudas Israel, a movement of orthodox Jews who adhered to the law and the Torah, founded in 1912.