British Hotel Berlin

British Hotel on a porcelain cup made by the Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin (KPM), painted between 1837 and 1844

The British Hotel was on the north side of Berlin's boulevard Unter den Linden (No. 56). Detail from Selter's Berlin city map, 1846.

Day ticket from 1854

The Britisch Hotel Berlin was a hotel in Berlin. It had the address Unter den Linden 56 (located on the north side). The address corresponds to the old numbering from the beginning of the 19th century, according to the new numbering from 1936/37 the hotel would be on the property at number 36. The owner was Louis Krüger.

history

According to the Berlin address books, the hotel existed from 1842 to 1894. In the second half of the 19th century, the hotel building was an essential part of the architectural face of Berlin's boulevard Unter den Linden. It was preferred by visitors from Great Britain and was the residence of the British Ambassador . The last owner of the hotel was the purveyor to the court, Max Krüger , in 1894 . In 1899 the family hotel Dunkelberg (owner: L. Horn), which had previously welcomed its guests at Neustädtische Kirchstrasse No. 10, moved into the building of the former British Hotel and used the favorable location in the following years.

Around 1910/11, an office building was built in place of the hotel, which since 1915 has been called " Zollernhof ". After this burnt out in World War II , after its reconstruction in GDR times , it served, among other things, the Central Council of the Free German Youth and a specialty shop for youth, sports and tourism.

Known guests

In addition to many British travelers, the hotel was also home to intellectuals from all over Europe. B. Hans Christian Andersen , Fyodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski or Thomas Carlyle .

literature

• Gernot Ernst The city of Berlin in printmaking 1570–1870 , DVD p. 1346
• mentioned in Baedekers Berlin from 1846

Web links

Commons : Unter den Linden in the 19th century  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description on history of the street Unter den Linden

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Christian Andersen, Lina von Eisendecher: Correspondence edited by Paul Raabe and Erik Dal in Wallstein Verlag, page 167
2. ↑ The Carlyle Letters Online ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.