Our Wellness-Experts

Michael Altewischer managing partner of Wellness-Hotels & Resorts since 2001 in the headquarter in Duesseldorf. His key aspects are scheduling and run cutting of the wellness sector and business management of the Spa section

Wibke Metzger is the press officer for Wellness Hotels & Resorts. She is an enthusiastic blogger and, among other things, responsible for the selection of topics for our wellness podcast.

Wilfried Dreckmann combines practical experience in the field of wellness and spa with academic know-how.  Since 2006 he is working internationally as a management consultant, trainer and coach for wellness providers. He is a lecturer at the iST Studieninstitut and associate professor at the iST University of applied sciences in Düsseldorf.

Dr. med. Matthias Menschel, born in 1965, is a general medical practitioner and naturopathic physician. Since 2000 he has been the head physician at Menschel's Vitalresort in Bad Sobernheim. Buchinger fasting and Felke therapy are the focus of his medical activities. Further treatment focuses are:

Head of health center in Fritsch am Berg | As an "expert in light living", she specializes in dealing with stress, stressful situations and symptoms in her work with clients in the hotel.

Vaidya Upula Samarakoon (born 1964) comes from Sri Lanka and is a traditionally trained Ayurveda specialist. In parallel to her five-year study of Ayurvedic medicine, she completed a two-year training in acupuncture.

Stephanie Göbel is the owner of Göbel's Landhotel in Willingen.

Marc Vollbracht, managing partner of the Family- and Wellnesshotel Sonnenpark in Willingen, has known the 4-star hotel for as long as he can remember. The 36-year-old grew up with the hotel, which his parents Karin and Ulrich Vollbracht built in 1983.

Daniel Schöfisch is Chef de Cuisine at the wellness hotel Seezeitlodge Hotel & Spa. He graduated from the renowned Heidelberg Hotel Management School as a master chef and took part in competitions at home and abroad with great success at an early age.

Dr. Franziska Fehle-Friedel is a general practitioner, spa doctor and Mayr doctor. She is responsible for the medical management of the Parkhotel am Soier See and the associated sanatoria. In addition to the F.X. Mayr cure, her medical work also focuses on moor cures and moor baths.

Marc Traubel is the managing director at Hubertus Mountain Refugio Allgäu. He is the third generation to run the wellness hotel.

After graduating in hotel management from the Hotel Management School in Heidelberg, he worked in various establishments, including Dubai, before returning to Balderschwang.

Walter Traubel is co-owner of the HUBERTUS Mountain Refugio Allgäu. 

Katrin Schüle runs SCHÜLE'S Gesundheitsresort & Spa together with Karl-Arnold Schüle. She is a passionate hostess and always has an open ear for her guests and staff. 

Karl-Arnold Schüle is the managing director of SCHÜLE'S Gesundheitsresort & Spa in Oberstdorf. He joined the family business, which has existed since 1930, back in 1986. Today he is the third generation to run the health and wellness hotel. 

Eva Deimann is a beautician and hotel manageress. Since 2004, she has been jointly responsible for the spa and wellness area at the family-run Deimann - Romantik- und Wellnesshotel in Schmallenberg. 

Hans-Jörg Franzke Director of Hotel Sonnengut has been running the wellness hotel for 27 years and knows the home of the Sonnengut like the back of his hand. He loves the Lower Bavarian Tuscany with its rolling hills and unspoilt nature, which invites you to take part in a wide range of outdoor activities.

Carolin Haibel is a sports and movement scientist (MSc.) as well as a specialist for occupational health management and an employee at Bad Clevers Gesundheitsresort & Spa. As a former competitive athlete in the national cross-country skiing squad, she won German championship titles and other podium finishes at national and international level. 

Franz Angerer is a physiotherapist with additional qualifications in manual therapy, fascia treatment, sports physiotherapy, alternative practitioner for physiotherapy and medical taping. Together with his brother, he is the fourth generation to run the Bad Clevers Gesundheitsresort & Spa. 

Margit Zettl-Feldmann is the owner of the Eisvogel Hotel & SPA. Together with her family, she runs the wellness hotel in the fourth generation. She is very fond of the Hallertau, the largest continuous hop-growing area in the world. And she is a fan of Bad Göggingen's natural remedies: sulphur water, natural moor, thermal water and, of course, hops.

Thomas Müller is a great fan of forest bathing. Nature and especially the forest have always been important to him. But as a forest guide and nature and landscape guide in the Bavarian Forest National Park, he realised that something was still missing. That's how Thomas Müller came to forest bathing. In the meantime, he has attended various seminars on the subject, is, among other things, a course leader for forest bathing and mindfulness in the forest and even works as a trainer for the German Academy for Forest Bathing. At the Das Mühlbach - Thermal Spa, he makes it possible for wellness guests to experience what it means to dive into the forest, to throw off ballast and to experience trees, soil and co. with all the senses.

Felix Weber is a star chef in the Hofstube at the Deimann - Romantik- und Wellnesshotel. The 32-year-old is the only star chef in the Sauerland. 

Sabrina Ortner is the spa and fitness manager at Hotel Sonnengut - Wellness Therme Spa. The wellness expert studied sports science in Munich and also completed various training courses - including life kinetics training.

Christina Heinz has a degree in business administration and hotel management and runs the Hotel Heinz in the Westerwald together with her father. In addition to the areas of spa, reservations and marketing, she is particularly concerned with the design of the hotel, which was founded in 1919, and the management of the staff.

Ira Bräuer manages the spa at Hotel Heinz in the Westerwald. In addition to the classic spa treatments, she and her team offer guests numerous active and relaxation courses. The offers conducted by Ira Bräuer herself range from meditations to herbal walks. 

Bernd Peters is the owner of the Lundenbergsand North Sea Hideaway and Spa in North Frisia. There in Simonsberg near Husum, directly behind the dyke, he and his wife have realised their personal vision of a wellness hotel. As a "true" North Frisian, Bernd Peters makes it possible for his wellness guests to experience the Wadden Sea.