The house was built in 1803 so that city employees could collect “Chausseegeld”. In order to finance the maintenance of the road, a tax was due on the house in front of a barrier. The cash register has been preserved in the building.

Various tenants lived in the house with their families. In order to relieve the burden on the city, they should have an income in addition to collecting the highway money. The steep mountain proved to be a source of money, as many teams were not strong enough to pull the carriages and carts to the top. A horse stable was added to the house and the tenant offered harnessing services. The additional horses were used to move the wagons uphill.

Collecting money, harnessing the horses – that took time. A new source of income opened up. The first tenant already had the idea of entertaining those waiting. This got him into trouble because he served brandy without permission. His successor tried to get the license and it was not until 1820 that he was allowed to run an inn. The foundation for the inn “Bellevue” was laid, and the name was mentioned for the first time in 1887.

The inn remained in existence even after tolls were lifted in 1897. The restaurant’s beer garden used to be on the opposite side of the street. It had become a popular destination, with people enjoying their coffee in the garden. There was even a bowling alley on the site; the bowling hut can still be seen from the street in the overgrown garden. Today it is hard to imagine that the waitress carried coffee and cake across the street.

The last landlady of the “Bellevue” inn ran it until the mid-1990s. Some people still know the country inn from this time. That was a long time ago, the listed Chausseehaus has been empty since 1998. The house itself has hardly any economic value, although the structure is still in good condition. “But it has an ideal value.” It also secures the value of the property, which is no longer allowed to be redeveloped outside.

Later in 2018 the inn nearly got burned down due to arson.