Hotel Preussischer Hof (Berlin)
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The Hotel Preußischer Hof (also written: Preussischer Hof ) was a middle-class hotel at the Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin during the Wilhelmine era and at the beginning of the Weimar Republic .
A location in rapid development
The area between Potsdamer and Anhalter Bahnhof, which existed since 1841 and had been considerably expanded in 1880, experienced rapid development in the early 1880s, characterized by the establishment of new road connections and numerous new buildings (museums, hotels, private buildings and authorities) was. Since 1881 the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts has been located in the extended Zimmerstrasse (today: Niederkirchnerstrasse). Since 1886, the Ethnological Museum has opened its doors to the public right next to it.
Hotel Preussischer Hof
The Hotel Preußischer Hof was opened in 1887 on Königgrätzer Straße (today: Stresemannstraße ) directly opposite the main entrance of the former Anhalter Bahnhof with a view of Askanischer Platz, which was in front of the train station (see photo), initially in Königgrätzer Straße No. 115 opened. The hotel was owned by Fritz Natho from 1887 to 1922. Since the hotel was developing favorably, Fritz Natho had to rent the neighboring house at Königgrätzer Straße 114 before 1898 (see photo), so that the hotel extended over the two neighboring buildings that were unequal in height. The hotel sign above the joint between the two houses tried to visually combine both buildings into one unit.
Relocation to Königgrätzer Straße 117a
When the opportunity arose to rent the larger corner house at Königgrätzer Strasse / Anhaltstrasse, the hotel moved to this house in 1903. The address of the hotel was now Königgrätzer Straße 117a / Anhaltstraße 2. The Hotel Anhalter Hof (owner: Franz Lehmann) moved into the two houses Königgrätzer Straße 114 and 115, where the Prussian court had previously received its guests . This situation is also shown by Waldemar Titzenthaler's well-known photo of Anhalter Bahnhof.
In 1904 the Hotel Preußischer Hof had 45 rooms as well as (shared) bathrooms and electric light at its new location. The hotel advertised its proximity to the Anhalter and Potsdamer train stations and its “comfortable rooms”. It also had a restaurant on the ground floor of the house. From 1905 the owner added the addition "Hotel de Prusse" to the traditional name Preußischer Hof , presumably to attract international guests.
The Hotel Preußischer Hof survived the difficult period for all Berlin hotels during the First World War , but had to cease operations in Königgrätzer Strasse 117a in 1926. The last owner of the hotel was Hugo Welke (from 1923 to 1926).
The second Hotel Preussischer Hof
In 1933 another hotel with the name “Preußischer Hof” was reopened at Stresemannstraße 88 (just a few houses to the northwest from the old location) . The owner of this hotel was B. Ulbricht. As far as can be seen, the new hotel had nothing to do with the old Hotel Preußischer Hof at Königgrätzer Straße 117a. The new establishment only used the obviously well-established name of the older hotel to attract its customers. This second hotel with the name Preußischer Hof existed through the 1930s until the Second World War , and in 1943 it was mentioned in the hotel list in the Berlin address book. Both hotel buildings (Stresemannstrasse 88 and Königgrätzer Strasse 117a / Anhalter Str. 2) were destroyed by the Allied bombing towards the end of the Second World War.
The current use of the site
Today there is a modern hotel and an Italian restaurant at the location of the former Hotel Preussischer Hof at Anhalter Straße 2.
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literature
- Anonymous: Berlin. Griebens travel guide Volume 25. Small edition. Extract from the 60th edition of the large edition. Albert Goldschmidt Verlag, Berlin 1920/21.
- Karl Baedeker : Berlin and surroundings. Guide for travelers. Verlag Karl Baedeker, 5th edition, Leipzig 1887.
- Bodo-Michael Baumunk: Grand Hotel. In: The trip to Berlin. Ed. I. A. of the Berlin Senate for the exhibition of the same name, Berlin 1987. P. 192ff.
- Wolfgang Bernhagen / Heinz Schlottke: From inn to luxury hotel. A journey through Berlin's hotel history - from the beginning to the present. Edited by the General Directorate of the Interhotel DDR, o. O. o. J. [1988].
- Renate Düttmann: Berlin inns of the 18th and 19th centuries. In: The trip to Berlin. Ed. I. A. of the Berlin Senate for the exhibition of the same name, Berlin 1987. pp. 181–191.
- Victor Laverrenz: Greetings from Berlin and the surrounding area in pictures and words. Publishing house and printing by Kunstanstalt W. Sommer, Berlin-Schöneberg 1898.
- Hans-Christian Täubrich: A guest in old Berlin. Memories of the old Berlin hospitality with hotel palaces, entertainment bars, excursion restaurants and distilleries. Verlag Hugendubel 1990. ISBN 3-88034-482-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Karl Baedeker: Berlin and the surrounding area. Guide for travelers. Verlag Karl Baedeker, 13th ed. Leipzig 1904, p. 5 as well as Anonymus: Berlin. Griebens travel guide Volume 25. Small edition. Extract from the 60th edition of the large edition. Albert Goldschmidt Verlag, Berlin 1920/21, p. 9.
- ↑ This phenomenon can be observed in various closings of older, well-established hotels. The start-ups try to benefit from the brand name of the older hotel and its level of awareness, which has often been established over decades. Cf. u. a. the article on the Hotel de Brandebourg (Berlin) .
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 15 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 59 ″ E