Hotel Central - Solingen Ohligs, Germany Pre-WWII

Sticker or Label showing the Hotel Central in Solingen Ohligs, Germany, around 1940. 

My husband's great grandfather ran the hotel. I'm posting in hopes of getting more information on the place or town at that time. 

On the corner of Bahnhofstrasse and Düsseldorfer Strasse, The Hotel Kaiserhof (at least 1920) later became the Hotel Central. After that, an amusement arcade was and is located there again until now (Bilder-von-Solingen). 

1907, 1960, 2013 (BvS). 

The Hotel Kaiserhof burned down in 1920 and was rebuilt towards the end of the decade as Hotel Central, ”Werner Janßen wrote to us. The modern architecture of the 1920s can still be recognized today by the horizontal lines of the facade. The great room in the hotel served as a casino for British occupation officers after the Second World War. Karl-Heinz Eggert remembers his first steps on the dance floor. In the Hotel Central he attended a dance course at the Wagner dance school. 
In terms of local public transport, the trams went to Hilden and Benrath at that time. “Ohligs was a hub for the railroad and the tram.” This meaning is also evident in the city's coat of arms: through the winged train wheel.

A postcard showing the front of the Hotel, 1957, and a bus stop. (Credit: Ebay)
The back reads [Solingen-Ohligs- Bahnofsvarplatz] 
and credits Jakob Krapohl-Verlag, Schloß Hülchrath b. Grevenbroich/Ndrh.] The card was written Aug 10, 1957 to someone's grandmother [omi]. 

Another postcard (drawing), this one listing Wilhelm Rummel in the Proprieter's spot.

Reception room 1st floor "Hotel Central - Solingen-Ohligs, Wilhelm Rummel. The leading and most modern hotel in the best traffic situation opposite the train station " Ika postcard, J. Kalinowski art publisher, Düsseldorf, 1955. Plain bourgeoisie in fussy banality. Or the charm of simplicity. Admittedly, such an ambience could be marketed again today as a designer hotel ... - solingen-internet.de

After WWII, the Rummels moved from Hotel Central to Hotel am Park. 

Information Pamphlet for Hotel Am Park in Solingen Ohligs, Germany, around 1960.
Hotel "Am Park"
(garni)

Inhaber: E. Rummel,
Langjahriger Pächter des
Hotel Central

Solingen-Ohligs 
Parkstraße 17
Telefon 1 30 41

RUHE BEHAGLICHKEIT

Inside of the pamphlet reads:
Hotel "Am Park" Solingen-Ohligs Parkstraße 17


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