The hotel “Austria" prospered thanks to, among other things its convenient position; the hotel could be easily reached from the railway station by the horse omnibus. From 1904 the owner of the hotel was Gottfried Struhal, in the interwar period his wife Johanna and their managed the hotel.

H. Wawreczka, J. Spyra, M. Makowski "Cieszyn, Czeski Cieszyn na starych widokówkach i fotografiach" WART, Nebory 1999 r.