Harzburger Hof

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The hotel in February 2014

The Harzburger Hof was a luxury hotel opened in Bad Harzburg in 1874 .

After the bankruptcy in 2003, the 19th century building was demolished after several fires in the summer of 2017. The Harzburger Hof is expected to be reopened as a grand hotel in 2022 by investor Dieter Köhler .

history

As early as 1831 Neustadt, as Bad Harzburg was called until 1892, was also known as a bathing resort due to its brine springs . After the extraction of brine was stopped in 1851, the place concentrated entirely on the development of spa tourism, which developed rapidly after the establishment of the empire.

In 1872 the Braunschweigische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft founded a stock corporation to operate a hotel in Bad Harzburg. In their statute, the purpose was set: "To raise the bathing and health resort Harzburg by improving, increasing its medicinal products and health resorts". In 1874 the house was opened under the name Harzburger Hof and was visited by 1,500 guests in the same year. The construction costs were 1.5 million marks . With 200 rooms it was by far the largest hotel in Bad Harzburg, and it was in fourth place in Germany.

In 1903/04 an extension was added to around 270 rooms. The hotel also had a casino , dining facilities and elegant lounges. The complex also included the Villa Diana , a spa and coffee house as well as sales and drinking halls. The associated park had an area of ​​18,000 square meters.

In 1939 the Wehrmacht confiscated the buildings. After the war they were taken over by the British occupying forces and used as a rest home. On May 1, 1956, it reopened as a hotel. In 1975 the hotel business was leased to Bruno Bischoff Beteiligungen und Investments GmbH & Co. The casino was reopened and a wellness area with swimming pool, sauna , solarium and fitness center was added.

In 1982 the company was converted into a GmbH . Prominent guests stayed away due to a lack of investment. The hotel was increasingly used to accommodate hiking tourists. In 1989 the hotel went bankrupt . In the 1990s, the hotel was stopped and the hotel was instead used as a senior citizens ' residence, only the casino remained, but moved to another location in April 2000 due to the increasing structural defects, and the senior citizens' residence was also closed around the turn of the millennium. The building has been empty since then.

  • West facade of the Harzburger Hof in the 19th century

  • The west facade (picture postcard from 1908)

  • View from the Harzburg to the hotel

Decline

State in January 2015

2003 was with a mortgage polluted by about 5 million euros property foreclosed. However, it wasn't until 2010 that an investor from northern Germany was found who bought the property, once valued at 7.6 million euros, for 400,000 euros and left it empty. The long vacancy led to vandalism and arson in September 2013 and May 2014. The Braunschweig architect Thomas Funke took over the ruins in 2015 and promised to have a four-star to five-star hotel built there again. After another fire on July 17, 2016, the building was in danger of collapsing, but the owner refused to have the ruined fire torn down. Due to a settlement reached before the Braunschweig Administrative Court, he finally had to start demolishing the building by August 1, 2017. The work dragged on over several months.

New building

Due to delays in the planning process, the laying of the foundation stone was postponed to March 2019 [out of date] . The investor Dieter Köhler is planning a new building with a total of 230 rooms, of which around 70 are intended as rooms for longer stays. The tradition of the old Harzburg court should be preserved. The start of construction is scheduled for winter 2019.

On December 17, 2018, the building application was submitted by Primus Harzburger Hof GmbH.

Web links

Commons : Harzburger Hof  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Goslarsche Zeitung : Grandhotel is to be opened in 2022 by Holger Schlegel, January 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Harzburger AG / Braunschweig . HWPH Historisches Wertpapierhaus AG, accessed on November 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b HOTEL HARZBURGER HOF. Retrieved January 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Dennis Hame: Lost Places: Harzburger Hof . dh-digital-arts.com, January 1, 2016, accessed November 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ Gerd Naumann: The descent of a pomp hotel . Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , July 18, 2016, accessed on November 8, 2017.
  6. ↑ projects adp Thomas Funke GbR. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Heinz-Georg Breuer: Harzburger Hof: Spark must begin with demolition . Goslarsche.de , February 13, 2017, accessed November 8, 2017.
  8. ^ Goslarsche Zeitung: Foundation stone laid in March , accessed on August 24, 2018.
  9. ↑ Regional Goslar: The new Harzburger Hof: Investor presents first details , accessed on August 24, 2018.
  10. ^ Goslarsche Zeitung : Building application submitted . December 17, 2018, accessed December 18, 2018.

Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 16.3 "  N , 10 ° 33 ′ 24.9"  E