History of the Villa Rose
Villa Rose was built in 1899 in Wilhelminian style by the Jewish
entrepreneur Sidney Scooler for his wife Rose in Poschendorf. The interior and
style were chosen to please and fulfil the needs of this young Lady. Rose was a
socially and culturally committed woman and her passion was writing poems which
she did until her death.
During World War I, she provided shelter for children of that war in her
estate.
In the 1920s, numerous concerts and events were organized by her.
Rose Scooler lived in this villa with her family until the compulsory
acquisition by the Nazi Regime in 1938. She then was deported to the
concentration camp Theresienstadt. After her liberation, she emigrated to the
US where she died in 1985 at the age of 103.
Countless refugees inhabited the estate during World War II and the
following years.
During the time of the GDR, the villa was split up into different
apartments for various families and fell into disrepair more and more over the
years.
After the reunification, the Bavarian entrepreneur Karl Bachl bought the
decayed object in 1995 and restored it affectionately according to historic
photographs. Rooms were turned into apartments and the villa became a guesthouse.
He tried to recapture the atmosphere and charm of the Villa Rose by this
restoration and thus, guests can now follow the steps of "Rose"
during their stay and get enchanted by the gracefulness of this mansion.
