Hotel Florhof
The Hotel Florhof is a hotel in the center of the city of Zurich . It is housed in the listed building on the lower Schönenberg . The name Florhof goes back to the name of the Florhof complex , which comprises several buildings and served as a production facility for textiles, namely pile and muslin , from the 17th century . The Florhof is the last remaining “Seidenhof” in the city of Zurich.
The building
As early as the 16th century, a building with a practically identical facade stood on the site of the Zum lower Schönenberg house , as can be seen from a city view from 1576. The current building was built in 1763 for the patrician family by Hans-Felix Oeri-Lavater. The family was involved in the silk manufacture and produced foil silk and pile. In 1907 the house was converted into the Florhof guesthouse . The boarding house maintained by Mrs. Michel-Amberger was in Florhofgasse next to the patrician house rented by the surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch around 1911, where he lived with his family and had a private practice. Michel-Amberger's four sons all went into the hotel business. Renovations were carried out in 1940/41, 1973/74 and 2005/06, two junior suites were added and from July to October 2014 it was completely refreshed. It has been a listed building since 1974.
The hotel
Since the renovation in 1907, the house has been in operation as a hotel. Today the Hotel Florhof is a boutique hotel with 32 rooms, a restaurant and a lounge. The interior design combines historical style elements such as an old tiled stove with a contemporary design. In 2006 and 2008, it was named the best hotel in its category in Switzerland by the business magazine Bilanz .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich lists the house under the name Hotel Florhof (Zum lower Schönenberg) in their inventory, see website of the Monument Preservation Inventory of the City of Zurich ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically defective marked. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Note on using the database, as no stable URLs are assigned: search via address Florhofgasse).
- ^ Ferdinand Sauerbruch [, Hans Rudolf Berndorff ]: That was my life. Kindler & Schiermeyer, Bad Wörishofen 1951; cited: Licensed edition for Bertelsmann Lesering, Gütersloh 1956, pp. 147 and 156.
- ↑ Source: The monument protection plaque attached to the facade
- ↑ Hotel rating balance sheet: Ranking list 2008
- ↑ Stars with world format , article in the balance sheet of September 26, 2008
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '20.2 " N , 8 ° 32' 55.5" E ; CH1903: 683,843 / 247419