Era in Hollersbach

Greißler dying: Guggi closed for good

Store closed: An era has come to an end in Hollersbach.(Bild: Hölzl Roland)

The next town without a local grocer: in Hollersbach (Salzburg), shopkeeper Gudrun Lindner took her well-deserved retirement at the end of the year and was unable to find a successor. Now the municipality is trying to find a solution for the future. 

She was an institution in Hollersbach: for 43.5 years, Gudrun Lindner - known to everyone as Guggi - ran the grocer's store in the village. "I loved doing it," she says today. Lindner took over the business in 1983. Countless regular customers, even whole generations, have enjoyed coming in and out of her shop ever since. Schoolchildren, employees from the surrounding area, tourists - all customer groups were represented in the village store in the 1200-inhabitant community.