Im Weissen Roessl am Wolfgangsee

Also known as Weisses Roessl

The White Horse Inn has been running since 1474 on the lakefront in Sankt Wolfgang, which would make it a solid piece of Salzkammergut history on its own. What made it famous across the German-speaking world was the 1930 operetta "Im Weissen Roessl" by Ralph Benatzky, a comedy set in this exact hotel and on this lake.

Sankt Wolfgang’s White Horse Inn has been on the Wolfgangsee lakefront since 1474, but its international fame came from the 1930 operetta “Im Weissen Roessl” by Ralph Benatzky, which turned this exact hotel on this exact lake into one of the most recognizable images of Austrian hospitality in the German-speaking world. The hotel remains family-owned by the Peter family and operates as a four-star Romantik Hotel with a lake terrace, private beach, and spa. Best approached by Wolfgangsee boat from St. Gilgen, which arrives at the hotel’s own jetty. Book ahead for the terrace restaurant in summer; check weissesroessl.at for room rates and availability.