May 05, 1953 - Under the world's biggest glass-roof.: On 1 May 1953, the Rheinhotel...

May 05, 1953 - Under the world's biggest glass-roof.: On 1 May 1953, the Rheinhotel Dreesen in Bad Godesberg, Rhineland, West Germany, opened its doors to many visitors. Here, the British Premier Neville Chamberlain met Hitler, in an effort to negociate the” Czech Problem”, in 1938. The terrace is covered with an adjustable glass-roof. It covers exactly 1.850 square meters, and is even higher than the many chestnut-trees which grow under it, in the Hotel-Garden. This glass-roof had been built before World War II at a rate of 280.000.00 Marks. During the war, it was hit by bomb and shells, and seriously damaged. Repair works after the war amounted to 30.000,00 Deutschmarks. The Hotel Dreesen was an Allied Recreational Center, until 1952. In 1953, it was returned to the Germans. Photo shows an interior view of the world's biggest glass-roof, at the Hotel Dreesen, in Bad Godesberg, Western Germany.