Zum Riesen, Renaissance hotel in Miltenberg, Germany.

Zum Riesen is a tall corner inn in Miltenberg's old town, its steep dark tiled roof rising to a pointed gable. The grey-green half-timbered upper storeys, with white infill panels painted with diamond patterns, overhang a bare orange-red stone ground floor pierced by a round arched opening. A projecting corner bay carries two tiers of red-brown framed windows, six panes below and four above; a bracket sign reads "Zum Riesen".

A document from 1158 first names the site, but the oldest surviving record is a court book of 1411 naming Conrad Trestram as innkeeper; he probably built the Gothic predecessor whose remains survive in the present house. In 1589 the council granted owner Jost Virnhaber 100 oak trunks, and carpenter Jakob Stoer raised the half-timbered upper storeys in 1590. The building has been a protected monument since the 20th century.

The inn sign bears a brewer's star, marking the brewing right the establishment held from the 19th century. The name "Zum Riesen" ("The Giant") is tied to the landlord Trestam zum Riesen recorded in 1411. Today the local Faust brewery leases the restaurant and serves its beers there, while the adjoining hotel is run by Monica Almeida Jöst.

The building sits on Hauptstrasse in Miltenberg's town center and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors should know it operates as both a hotel and restaurant, welcoming overnight guests and diners alike.

The inn's sign carries a brewer's star, marking a brewing right held since the 19th century. In 1627 landlord Lorenz Beck was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to death at the stake, and in 1629 his predecessor Benedikt Stumpf and Stumpf's wife met the same fate, reportedly out of envy over the inn's success.