Hotel Furstenhof (Kempten)

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Hotel Furstenhof

The Hotel Fürstenhof (formerly Café Schiff ) is the largest Renaissance building in Kempten (Allgäu) .

The listed building with the address Rathausplatz 8 is located on Rathausplatz and was first mentioned in a document in 1187. For over three centuries, high-ranking monarchs of the Hohenstaufen and Habsburgs such as Friedrich III stayed there. or Maximilian .

At the beginning of the 17th century it was converted into a patrician palace according to the Italian ideal . Today the building is decorated with a rococo facade . The interiors have been recently renovated 1976/1977 and the dormer placed. To the right of the building is the London Court .

During the renovation of the old town in Kempten - a federal pilot project in the 1950s - it was planned to demolish the Fürstenhof with a subsequent new building. This new building should clearly resemble the original house. As with the Müßiggengelzunfthaus, monument conservationists prevented its demolition.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Board at Hotel Fürstenhof, December 26, 2010
  2. fuerstenhof-kempten.de: History of the house
  3. ^ Alexander Duke of Württemberg: Monuments in Bavaria . City of Kempten: ensembles - architectural monuments - archaeological site monuments. tape VII.85 , ISBN 3-7954-1003-7 , pp. 60 .

Web links

Commons : Fürstenhof Kempten  - Collection of images

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 34.8 ″  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 6.5 ″  E