Marburg Hotel

The hotel was originally built as a single storeyed building by Weigand Raabe circa1881. The site was registered in his wife's name in mid-1880, a mortgage of180 pounds was taken out in January 1881 and by 6 June 1881, races and sports were being held at Weigand Raabe's Marburg Hotel. It was the first hotel in the town.

Mr. Raabe died in 1883 and the hotel was placed under trusteeship. In mid-1884, his widow Mrs. Augusta Raabe renewed the hotel licence and married Otto Sakrzewski, a Marburg storekeeper and carpenter who then held the licence from md 1885 until mid-1887. Thomas Mortimer held the licence from mid-1887 until mid-1890 at which time Sakrzewki was appointed trustee and renewed the licence. The second storey was probably added in 1890 when a mortgage of 600 pounds was taken out.

The Sakrzewki family held the licence until 1921 and retained the freehold until 1925, having been sold to Otto's brother Albert c1915. The hotel was then passed through several owners and licencees until purchased by the Queensland Brewery in 1936. It has been Marburg's sole hotel since 1947.

In the 1940s the Marburg Hotel was a scheduled refreshment stop for Greyhound coaches running between Toowoomba and Brisbane. 

The hotel was renamed 'Cedar Creek Hotel' for filming of  'The Settlement', a 1985 Australian film starring Bill Kerr and John Jarratt.

A Historical Marker for the Marburg Hotel was installed on 16 June 2003.