In summer 1991, nearly two years after the wall came down, (after the introduction of the free-market economy and the abandoning of state socialism), we decided to leave our home in Holsteinische Schweiz (Holstein Switzerland, a region in northern Germany) and establish a hotel in Mecklenburg. Due to our love of water, nature and small town life, we chose Waren at the Müritz. We found “our” location, close to the Binnenmüritz and the city centre, on the land of a former city farm, when Waren was still a farm town. After more than two-years of struggling hard with the authorities, we could begin work in autumn 1993 and the HOTEL "INGEBORG", named after the owner Ingeborg Grüneklee, opened in August 1994. The HOTEL “INGEBORG" was then taken over by the second generation of the Grünelee family and has been run, in the same hospitable manner, by Dr. Tanja Grüneklee and Tom Grüneklee since 2007.
We have captured the colours of the landscape of the Mecklenburg Lake District and painted our building in light and blue. Enjoy the personal atmosphere of our hotel! We wish you a pleasant stay and hope that you feel comfortable.
With kind regards
Your Team at Hotel Ingeborg
Philosophy
"We adhere to our price guarantee; every guest receives our service for the same price."
Declaration of guarantee
Dear guests and friends!
We guarantee that no one receives our service for a different price!
With kind regards
Tom Grüneklee
Finally...
“There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.
It is unwise to pay too much, but it is also unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought is incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot... It can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.
And if you do that, then you have also enough money, in order to pay for something better”.
JOHN RUSKIN –
English social reformer (1819 - 1900)