Römerhof was built in the year 1567 as house to liberty and renamed at the beginning of the 20th century to Römerhof, the name that reminds about the Roman, Arbor Felix.
In 1736, the house was used as a reformed school and later in 1834, as secondary school. Towards the end of the 18th century, the linen cloth trade was thriving in Arbon. Thus prosperity aroused that allowed in 1781 the renovation and in 1784, the integration of the city walls and the corner tower into the house of liberty. The industrial boom and the growth of population until 1870 caused shortage of space and resulted in the construction of the promenade school. In 1872, the house to liberty was sold to a private sector and inside was a clothes shop was run until a new acquirer opened in 1904 a restaurant called “Römerhof “.
To give the two city gates a better protection, the government from Thurgau take two cannons from the abbey of Fischingen. Later on, they received the location of today.
In 1920, the Bürgergemeinde bought the Römerhof and built inside a historic museum and the citizen museum. Later onwards, broad renovation and the conformation of the restaurant to conditions took place.
In close collaboration with the cultural heritage preservation, the Römerhof experienced a thorough restoration where the substantially precious components were kept. On the top of the modernized restaurant are today ‘s style with contemporary hotel rooms to warmly welcome the guests to enjoy comforts of a modern guesthouse, the Römerhof.