The his­tor­i­cal cre­den­tials of this home­ly inn (found in the town of Freiberg and believed to be the old­est hotel in Ger­many), lie in its cel­lar. Here, the rus­tic stone arch­es that form part of the foun­da­tions are thought to date back to around the year 1000, sig­nif­i­cant­ly before Freiberg was found­ed in 1120. Dur­ing its time as a hotel, Zum Roten Bären (‘the Red Bear’) has chalked up over 50 innkeep­ers and sur­vived var­i­ous con­flicts, includ­ing the Thir­ty Years’ War, fought around Europe from 1618 to 1648.