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History. Bad Wiessee became notorious as the scene of the key events linked to the Night of the Long Knives, 30 June 1934, when Adolf Hitler and the Schutzstaffel (SS) purged the leadership of the Sturmabteilung (SA), many of whom were staying at the resort, in the Hotel Hanselbauer.
Apr 25, 2018 · The former Kurhaus Hanslbauer hotel in Bad Wiessee, where Hitler arrested his former ally and friend Ernst Röhm. The drama in question was the start of the Night of the Long Knives, the name given to the national purge of political undesirables from Hitler’s Reich, which started at the Lederer Hotel with the leader of the brownshirts ...
Hitler was present when Röhm and other SA leaders were arrested at the Hanselbauer Hotel in the Bavarian town of Bad Wiessee. Röhm was shot to death on July 1, 1934. Photo by Ostermann.
With Hitler's arrival in Bad Wiessee between 06:00 and 07:00, the SA leadership, still in bed, were taken by surprise. SS men stormed the hotel, and Hitler personally placed Röhm and other high-ranking SA leaders under arrest.
Bad Wiessee is known for its healing sulfur-fountain, discovered by the Dutch oil explorer Adriaan Stoop in 1909 while he was drilling for oil. He built the first iodine sulfur bath in 1912 after oil production had been exhausted.
Bad Wiessee. When President Hindenburg appointed Hitler as chancellor on 30 January 1933, Germany was in a state of turmoil. This was expressed not only in the form of political disagreement but also in form of violence in the streets and squares where the supporters of different parties clashed.
Bad Wiessee is a spa town on Lake Tegernsee in Bavaria, Germany . Bad Wiessee is known for the murder of Ernst Röhm on the "Night of the Long Knives".
