Commercial property for sale • 970 m² without real estate, Lower Saxony

Expose Hotel is still in operation!

The stylishly appointed hotel has been welcoming guests of the monastery town since 1741. The foundations of the timber-framed building are even older, dating back to the construction period of the Cistercian monastery Walkenried. The imposing façade was restored in 2019 in accordance with listed building conservation standards.

The two-story timber-framed structure features both restaurant spaces and hotel rooms that leave nothing to be desired. On the ground floor, you will find a bright, friendly foyer with its sandstone cellar portal, the 1747 wine cellar, and access to the restaurant, the large banquet hall with stage, the salon, and the lounge.

On this level, there is also a fully equipped catering kitchen complete with a dishwashing area and refrigerated storage. It is fitted with modern appliances such as a convection oven, tilting frying pan, cooling table with eight tunnels, dishwasher, eight gas burners, a plate warming cabinet, stainless steel fixtures, a bain-marie, an induction stove, etc.

The light-filled restaurant offers approximately 35 seats depending on the table arrangement and features a beautiful, fully functional bar counter designed in the trendy chalet style. A highlight of the large banquet hall is the performance-ready stage. With seating available for up to 90 guests, the venue can also host large banquets.

The English-style salon is ideal for the convivial evening gatherings of hotel guests or for small groups of up to 14 people. In the rustic lounge, guests can enjoy a glass of whiskey and smoke a cigar.

The 14 guest rooms on the first and second floors are accessible via a wide wooden staircase. All rooms are fully, tastefully, and modernly furnished (new flooring, furniture, and beds as of 2021). On the second floor there is also a separate apartment with a spacious living room, bedroom, and bathroom (for instance, for the innkeepers), as well as two small, private guest or children’s rooms.

The public areas, corridors, and rooms have been comprehensively renovated and newly furnished. New, smooth flooring and virus-resistant (washable) wall paints have been used. In addition, the building is equipped with a digital locking system from Burgwächter, which enables a contactless check-in for guests with access to both the hotel and their rooms. Throughout the building, WLAN boosters ensure fast connectivity for guests and support the necessary computer and administrative tasks of the hoteliers. The hotel’s booking system is managed with practical, cost-effective software that can even be used on a smartphone, meaning the hotelier does not necessarily have to be on-site in an office.

Guests also have access to an outdoor seating area with 30 places in front of the hotel, and the charming courtyard can be operated as a café during the summer months. For the hotel, restaurant, and café operations, all necessary TSE-compliant modern computerized cash registers and a paging system are in place.

The hotel features two spacious garages, and guests can park free of charge directly behind the hotel on the quiet, secure parish grounds.

Generously sized cellar rooms provide space for everything not immediately needed in daily operations or for additional storage. Here you will also find the beer cooling cellar, the cask chute, and the building’s heating system—a highly efficient gas condensing boiler by Vaillant that was newly installed in 2021. Since this upgrade, the annual gas consumption has been reduced by approximately 25%.

Annual consumption figures (as of 2025):

Gas: 12,000 kWh

Electricity: 13,000 kWh

Water: 240 m³

The ancillary purchase costs are to be borne by the buyer.

The Monastery Town Walkenried and Its Surroundings

The Walkenried municipality comprises the three towns of Walkenried, Wieda, and Zorge, and is located in the South Harz region. The town has a well-functioning infrastructure and offers residents and visitors a wide range of services such as grocery stores, butchers, bakeries, banks, various restaurants, cafés, a very popular campsite, hairdressers, beauty salons, a swimming pool, a tennis court, and more.

With over 150,000 overnight stays annually, Walkenried is one of the most successful tourism communities in the Harz region of the Göttingen district. The booming domestic tourism market brings numerous younger, well-to-do guests to Walkenried and the entire Harz. This target group is well catered for with a variety of experiential attractions, such as the successful “Titan” suspension bridge and the emerging Harz theme park with its spectacular “Hexenbesen” observation tower.

Due to its strategically excellent location in the heart of Germany, Walkenried is an ideal holiday destination for guests from both southern and northern Germany. Numerous visitors also come from the Netherlands to enjoy the relaxing, forested South Harz. From northern Germany, Walkenried is accessible via the A7 motorway and the B243 federal highway, while from the south it is conveniently reached via the A38 into the South Harz.

Walkenried has a train station with hourly services to Göttingen, Erfurt, and Leipzig.

The monastery town of Walkenried is surrounded by the unique and varied karst landscape of the South Harz. Notably, unlike the tourist areas in the Upper and Northern Harz, Walkenried boasts intact forests dominated by a healthy mixed woodland with impressive beech giants, ashes, birches, and ancient oaks.

This romantic monastery town is the ideal starting point for activities throughout the Harz, whether in winter or summer. From here, visitors have access to several premium hiking trails such as the “Green Belt” and the “Karst Trail.” Hiking and cycling paths of all difficulty levels are available. In summer, the swimming lakes of the South Harz offer a refreshing escape, and a stroll around the many lakes in the Walkenried area is enchanting for any nature lover. During the winter months, the Walkenried municipality is a perfect destination for winter sports enthusiasts, with short trips possible to Bad Sachsa, Hohegeiß, or the Wurmberg in Braunlage. Year-round, visitors can explore the cultural sites and museums in the three towns of the municipality, with the UNESCO World Heritage Site Walkenried Monastery taking center stage.