| 1912 | The house is built. Ever since then it has been the housing of the "Lindenhof" restaurant. | |
| 1946 | Bernhard Kortmöller, who owns the beer store directly opposite, reluctantly has to bear that the Lindenhof prefers a different sort of beer than his. After a time of careful consideration he finally decides to buy the house to definitely eliminate the problem. He later gives it to his two daughters, Otti Kortmöller and Klementine Hankh. They start to operate the hotel, at first equipped with only four rooms. | |
| 1949 | The hall is built, its appearance has not changed till the present day. | |
| 1956 | The Lindenhof is now able to offer 6 more guest rooms. | |
| 1964 | After his training as a cook at the Rheinischer Hof (Münster) and gaining his first practical experiences, a.o. on the Norddeutsche Lloyd Bremen, Udo Hankh joins his mother's hotel business. | |
| 1968 | They buy the neighouring building (house of the accountant general of the Schilgen textile company) to expand the Lindenhof hotel with 7 more rooms. | |
| 1979 | Further nine guest rooms are newly created in the mansion of the textile manufacturer Middelhoff, these days the Hankh house. | |
| 1995 | Our modern reception and the lift all made of glass are built. | |
| 2003 | Following his time of apprenticeship, Udo Hankh jun. joins his parents Renate und Udo for managing the Lindenhof hotel and restaurant. | |
| 2007 | After a complex renovation of the former living and business home (year of completion 1906) of the beer and milk supplier Bernhard Kortmöller, 7 very modern superior rooms with pantry kitchen are added to the Lindenhof complex. |