In the years of the Second World War, the supply situation on Hiddensee deteriorated increasingly, and in 1944 the restaurant was completely closed. By the end of the war, the "Wieseneck" was full of refugees, and in 1945 Russian officers were quartered there. On Hiddensee, many Russian and Polish workers worked in the estate's agriculture after the war, and in autumn 1945 many refugees left the island due to a great shortage of food.
In June 1946 the situation had improved somewhat, the "Wieseneck" was reopened. During this time a lot of improvisation was necessary, there were often power cuts and very little food. In the post-war period there was a lot of élan, the Nazi regime was over, there was a spirit of optimism.
In the same year Erika Meding, one of the children of the Hirsekorn family, married Gerhard Meding. After 1959, both continued the good and long-standing traditions of the "Wieseneck", which were shaped by the Hirsekorn family. Lina Hirsekorn's unwritten law "The guest is king" was the basic principle for the Hirsekorn family and later for the Meding family in good times and bad. Father Hirsekorn died in 1922, his wife, Lina Hirsekorn, died in 1959.