the 1st documented reference to the hotel dates from 696 the duke of the time allowed christiane brownie owner of the guest house to open another end. wine it was named the elephant has never been fully explained. with us with these due to thought we figured that an even more powerful animal was to join the black bear an exotic one letter always to mind distant lands water. and just as back then and if its could be seen at fair and they were given as gifts by king . in a fund he said i think all of that may have played a role. but that's such a loss and on your spirit. later the elephant was expanded to become a postal station and hotel artists and scholars from across europe made their way to weimar to pay their respects to gerta when he celebrated his 80th birthday at the hotel elephant. 'd later other famous people would check into the elephant including votto lionel finding her and ask when they came to weimar in 1919 and founded the bauhaus school. but those glory days were over by 933 when hitler came to power by mark had long become a stage for the nazi party and the elephant was