Oldtimer fire brigade: Celebration instead of fire in the ULRICHSHOF

The wailing of the siren could be heard from far away: Numerous children stood with their mothers and fathers on the sun terrace of the Hotel ULRICHSHOF and looked expectantly down the avenue. Then it finally appeared, the big red truck. Magnificently decorated, it drove slowly up the street – past the parked cars and waiting holiday guests – and a reverent murmur went through the crowd. “This is what you get when you look in the weekly paper on a Saturday afternoon,” Ulrich N. Brandl explained with a laugh as he got out of the fire truck.

When the ULRICHSHOF boss discovered the newspaper advertisement in 2019, the vintage car had already been standing on a farm in Buxtehude for years. In its “active time”, the vehicle was used by the volunteer fire brigade of Möckern in Saxony-Anhalt. “It has now been in the workshop for two years and intensive tinkering has been done to get it running again. It’s slowly getting there,” the proud owner said happily.

Rescuer in distress

Nevertheless, there were no long faces, because Michaela Lankes, member of the management, turned out to be the saviour in need and quickly jumped on the Porsche Bulldog – also red, also a vintage car. For two hours, she went round and round the extensive hotel grounds until every child really got their money’s worth.

And while the big hotel guests enjoyed the Bavarian snack with music and wonderful weather, the ULRICHSHOF boss was delighted by the enthusiasm of the holidaymakers. “After such a long time, we thought that now is the right moment and the old-timer should be inaugurated, although the turntable ladder is not yet working. But I’m sure we’ll manage that, even if it takes another couple of years. In any case, there will also be a fire brigade festival in the ULRICHSHOF in the future!” Certainly much to the delight of the big and small holiday guests.