Frankfurter Hof (Falkenstein)
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The Frankfurter Hof was a hotel in Falkenstein im Taunus. The listed building at Alt-Falkenstein 47 was a refuge for those persecuted by the Nazi regime as part of the Rest Home project during the National Socialist era .
The building
In 1784 an inn is mentioned on the site of the current building. From 1887 to 1893, the existing one-storey house was converted into a stately hotel with a café by adding and extending it in half-timbered construction. It was given an axially windowed facade, a hipped roof, an Alpine gable and a wooden veranda parallel to the street.
In 1927 the house was rebuilt in its current condition. It was now completely plastered under a mansard gable roof. The extensions and extensions were only made in solid construction. On the gable side a stone glazed veranda was built with a balcony above and on the south side a small rounded terrace with an outside staircase.
In the 1970s, it was converted into a residential building with a doctor's practice and a pharmacy .
history
Falkenstein has been developing into a tourist destination since the 1870s . It was summer retreat for visitors from the Rhine-Main area (Falkenstein is still a climatic health resort today ) and was reached by Kleinbahn AG Höchst-Königstein . The Frankfurter Hof, located in the center of the town on the main road, developed into the "first house on the square".
With the beginning of the First World War , tourism collapsed. Even in the Weimar Republic, this branch of business no longer achieved the importance it had in the pre-war period.
In 1933 the owner of the hotel, Jean Schmitt, decided to rent an average of 5 to 6 rooms in the house to the Rest Home project. It was a Quaker initiative to take care of opponents of National Socialism who had been released from the concentration camps . In total, almost 800 people were accommodated. In 1939 the facility had to be closed.
In the 1970s, tourist use was no longer cost-covering, as Taunus tourism was replaced by long-distance tourism. The hotel was converted into a residential building with a doctor's office and pharmacy and is still used today.
Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 31.2 " N , 8 ° 28 ′ 41.6" E
literature
- Eva Rowedder: Hochtaunuskreis . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hessen ). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2905-9 , pp. 268-269 .
- Stefan Jung: Falkenstein Escape; in: Taunuszeitung from April 26, 2014, p. 16
