Hotel Hafen Hamburg
The Hotel Hafen Hamburg is a building in the Port of Hamburg near the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken .
Location and description
The building is located on Seewartenstrasse west of the Kersten-Miles-Brücke in Hamburg-St. Pauli . The two-wing building has red and yellow brick facades that are painted white and a glass roof zone. A clinker tower with a copper top is located between the building sections, which are arranged at right angles . In the tower is located in 62 meters high a bar. From the jetties leading Willi Bartels staircase a slope up to the hotel.
History and use
The original building was built from 1856 to 1858 according to plans by Christian Timmermann. It was built by shipowners who wanted to use it as a seaman's home with an infirmary. Since most of the seafarers avoided the social control that came with it, the building was also used for other purposes. For example, the tropical hospital , a navigation school , the seaman's mission and a pay office known as the “ hay barn ” were located there.
During the world wars, the house was used by the navy as a training facility. After the war, it was confiscated by the British Royal Navy for some time , and then reopened as a seaman's home. From 1975 to 1979 it was empty.
In 1979 Willi Bartels leased the brick building, which was now in need of renovation. He had it rebuilt and opened the Hotel Hafen Hamburg at the end of 1979, initially with around 100 rooms. Together with his family, he had already owned extensive real estate assets, especially in St. Pauli.
From 1984 to 1986 the building was expanded according to plans by the architects Kleffel & Köhnholdt, and between 1998 and 2000 it was extended according to designs by Meyer & Fleckenstein and converted into today's hotel complex. The neighboring former nurses' home was included in the construction. The tower was built as part of the expansion.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg - The great architecture guide . 1st edition. Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 85 .
- ↑ Restaurant & Bars website of the hotel. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ↑ Doris Banuscher in DIE WELT from September 2, 2010: Willi-Bartels-stairs to the Hotel Hafen Hamburg .
- ↑ Hotel Hafen Hamburg celebrates its 30th birthday in the Hamburger Abendblatt from August 18, 2009
- ↑ History in the hotel's homepage ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 49.1 ″ N , 9 ° 58 ′ 9.5 ″ E