. . . the family's ancestors ran a postal relay station

and restaurant in the southern Baden town of

Bad Krozingen.In 1876, the inn was converted into

a restaurant located in the Freiburg train station,

where three generations of Stiglers continued to

serve guests food and drink -

- including Wine from the Ihringer Winklerberg site in

the Kaiserstuhl district.

Travelers had several options: there were full-service

meals in the first-class restaurant; ligter fare in the

second-class restaurant and in a wine-and-beer-pub;

and homemade pasatries in the station's café.

Furthermore, the Stiglers had the food concession

for platform service in the train station and also

offered off-premise catering.

Josef Alban Stigler was the first "train station"

restaurateur.

In 1881, his son Josef Fidel Stigler laid the foundation

of the family's wine estate by purchasing a parcel of

vines in the Ihringer Winklerberg site, even then

touted as one of Germany's finest vineyards.