Guest house
A guest house is usually a separate area of a building or an independent structure that is used to temporarily accommodate guests . As a rule, these buildings are not continuously inhabited or managed. Most of the guest houses are run by local authorities or large companies . In some cases, the corresponding facilities of monasteries and communities , as well as congress centers and conference venues, are also called this.
In contrast to the inn , guesthouse or hotel , guest houses are usually not operated primarily for commercial or economic reasons.
history
Guest houses appeared in the 17th century. At that time, it was customary in upscale circles not to accommodate guests in their own rooms, but in specially designed guest houses. These overnight stays were necessary because at that time guests were still making long journeys by carriage and could not leave on the same day.
Even today, for example, politicians or heads of state are accommodated in guest houses.
Well-known guest houses
Germany
- Federal guest house on Petersberg, see Bundesgästehaus , Königswinter
- Gymnich Castle , guest house of the federal government from 1971 to 1987
- Federal government guest house at Meseberg Castle , Gransee
- Guest house of the Bentzelschen Hof , Mainz
- Guest house friendship , Bad Saarow
- Guest house in Schönhausen Palace Park , Berlin
- Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Haus , Darmstadt
- Otto Wolfskehl House , Darmstadt
- Villa Pellet guest house , Starnberg
Further
- Pallottine guest house in Salzburg
- Blair House , the US President's guest house
- Höfði , Reykjavík's guest house
swell
- Georg Wallscheidt: 1000 years of living culture , Spaarmansche, Leipzig 1873
- Siebengebirgsmuseum, Bonn history workshop : The Petersberg. From the ring wall to the state hostel. Königswinter 1990.
literature
- Anselm Roth: Transylvanian guest houses. Schiller, Hermannstadt / Bonn 2007.
