Grand Resort Bad Ragaz
The Grand Resort Bad Ragaz is a historic wellness hotel with its own thermal spring and a medical health center in Bad Ragaz in Eastern Switzerland . Today it is a luxury hotel and belongs to the alliance The Leading Hotels of the World .
Resort
The resort consists of the Grand Hotel Hof Ragaz and the Grand Hotel Quellenhof & Spa Suites. The five-star resort has the concession to Bernhard Simon and construction of the Grand Hotel Quellenhof in 1868 the largest employer in the region and owner of the land around the castle ruins Wartenstein .
The resort has seven restaurants with a total of 4 Michelin stars (2 each for the "IGNIV" and "Memories" restaurants) and 48 Gault Millau points (18 for the "Memories" restaurant, 17 for "IGNIV" and 13 for golf -Restaurant "Gladys"), a bistro, two golf courses, the Kursaal Business & Events Center, the hotel's own and public thermal baths, a spa and a casino. The Hotel Schloss Wartenstein has also been part of the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz since 2016.
The owner is the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz AG , which is 70% owned by Thomas Schmidheiny .
history
In 1242, hunters of Pfäfers Abbey discovered a 36.5 ° C warm spring in the Tamina Gorge. According to tradition, the monks of the nearby Benedictine monastery recognized a healing effect in their water.
The history of Bad Ragaz as a bathing and health resort begins after the abbey of Pfäfers was abolished (1838) with the construction of the road through the Taminatobel to Bad Pfäfers (1839), the discharge of warm thermal water to Bad Ragaz (1840) and the construction of the first Spa facilities (Hotel “Hof Ragaz”) in the premises of the former Pfäfers Lieutenancy. This development was promoted by the connection to the St. Gallen-Chur railway line (1858). The year 1868 marked a decisive turning point when the Glarus architect Bernhard Simon acquired the former Pfäfers monastery domain in Bad Ragaz from the canton, founded the Ragaz-Pfäfers sanatorium and built new spa facilities (including the “Quellenhof” Grand Hotel). The increased use of thermal water turned the former farming village of Ragaz into a global health resort. The Badehaus Hof was continuously expanded. The infrastructure in the village adapted to the needs of the spa guests and bathers. Hotels and pensions for the middle class, restaurants, shops and businesses were created. Numerous Russian nobles came to the cure for several months. Bad Ragaz thus became an international health resort with a worldwide reputation, with its first major heyday before World War I (1913: 106,000 overnight stays, 1914: 68,000). The economic slump that followed lasted until the 1950s.
In 2007, as part of major renovations, the Hotel Hof Ragaz was converted from a four-star to a five-star building, the Tamina thermal baths were rebuilt and the suite high-rise was built.
In 2019, the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz was extensively renovated and converted for a total of 45 million francs.
Locations
Grand Hotel Quellenhof & Spa Suites
Bernhard Simon was granted a concession to operate a hotel in 1868. It opened on July 10, 1869. It is one of the Leading Hotels of the World . It comprises 98 suites.
Grand Hotel Hof Ragaz
The Grand Hotel Hof Ragaz is a five-star hotel in Bad Ragaz. It is one of the Leading Hotels of the World .
Hotel Schloss Wartenstein
The Hotel-Restaurant Schloss Wartenstein in Pfäfers is located 250 m above Bad Ragaz at the entrance to the Tamina valley on a ledge and has been part of the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz since February 2016. There are a total of 10 rooms and 222 restaurant seats.
Thermal bath (Tamina Therme)
In 1872, the Tamina Therme was the first thermal water indoor pool in Europe. The thermal bath is fed from the 36.5 ° C warm thermal water from the nearby Tamina Gorge and consists of the historic Helena pool, a sports pool, a garden pool, a family spa and a sauna area. The water was used in Bad Pfäfers from 1350 to 1969, since then on the one hand in the Valens Clinic and on the other in the thermal baths of Bad Ragaz. The water is used to treat circulatory diseases, rheumatism , paralysis and the consequences of accidents.
Picture gallery
The old administration building of the monastery in Ragaz. The first hotel was built from this in 1840.
Before the water pipeline to Ragaz was built in 1840, the bathing establishment was in the Tamina Gorge.
Hotel Schloss Wartenstein with Jesus statue. View from the ruins of Burg Wartenstein.
Hotel Schloss Wartenstein main entrance. Owned by the resort since 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Star happiness in Bad Ragaz media release from February 24, 2020 on resortragaz-gruppe.ch
- ^ Resort Ragaz at Gault-Millau
- ↑ For the 150th a complete renovation for the Ragazer Grande Dame. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
- ^ "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz" buys "Wartenstein". Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Annual Report 2013. Accessed on May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ History | Grand Resort Bad Ragaz. Retrieved on May 24, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ Werner Vogler: Bad Ragaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 8, 2009 .
- ^ Bad Ragaz Online: History. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Construction time in the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz ended on tagblatt.ch
- ^ Matthaes Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart Germany: Quellenhof Bad Ragaz shines in new splendor. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Grand Resort Bad Ragaz is celebrating its history with the Hotellerie Gastronomie Zeitung exhibition on January 21, 2019
- ^ "Quellenhof" renovated for 45 million. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Grand Resort Bad Ragaz: Bad Ragaz, Switzerland: The Leading Hotels of the World. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
- ^ Matthaes Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart Germany: Quellenhof Bad Ragaz shines in new splendor. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Grand Resort Bad Ragaz: Bad Ragaz, Switzerland: The Leading Hotels of the World. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
- ^ "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz" buys "Wartenstein". Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ History | Grand Resort Bad Ragaz. Retrieved on May 24, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).