Cornfield near the Romantik Hotel | Restaurant Hirsch on the Swabian Alb
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Sustainability

A heart for the region

With its Jurassic limestone, white rocks, underground caves, sparse meadows, stony soils, peaks of over a thousand metres, valleys and open woodland, the Swabian Alb is valued as a particularly attractive destination for nature holidays in Germany. In 2008, UNESCO designated this magnificent natural landscape a biosphere reserve: a landscape full of distinctive flora and fauna, with a fascinating variety of meadow herbs and all the produce this region has yielded for thousands of years.

The Romantik® Hotel | Restaurant Hirsch – owned by the Windhösel family for four generations – lies in the heart of the climatic health resort of Sonnenbühl-Erpfingen on the Swabian Alb. This location is a wonderful obligation for us: a commitment to sustainability and to preserving the glorious nature around us. Through sustainable measures, we help to preserve this magnificent landscape for future generations. That is why we rely on sustainable practices in many areas of the hotel and restaurant. Sourcing our produce and ingredients from the region has long been a matter of course for us – as has using only biodegradable cleaning products. Find out more about our regional suppliers.

Nature is worth it to us!

Gerd Windhösel and another person with Wagyu cattle in a meadow near the Romantik Hotel | Restaurant Hirsch on the Swabian Alb

Wagyu beef & co.

Meat from sustainable farming

Cheese platter with various cheeses, tomatoes and herbs at the Romantik Hotel | Restaurant Hirsch on the Swabian Alb

Cheese, yoghurt, milk

Sustainable dairy products

Alb lentils in two hands above a sack of Alb lentils for the Romantik Hotel | Restaurant Hirsch on the Swabian Alb

Typically Swabian

Pulses & grains

Regional baked goods at the Romantik Hotel | Restaurant Hirsch

Bread & rolls

Some baked in-house

Free-range egg on mashed potato at the Romantik Hotel | Restaurant Hirsch on the Swabian Alb

Eggs

From happy hens

Samovar with a selection of teas at the breakfast buffet of the Romantik Hotel | Restaurant Hirsch on the Swabian Alb

Tea

Herbs, peppermint & more

Gerd Windhösel with organic vegetables from Bioland Werner

Vegetables

Straight from Bioland

Dessert with Alb saffron

Alb saffron

The most precious spice

Gerd Windhösel of Restaurant Hirsch inspecting trout

Fish

Char, trout …

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