Hotel Schweizerhof (Bern)

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The Hotel Schweizerhof in Bern

The Hotel Schweizerhof is a luxury hotel in Bern . It is located at Bern train station and belongs to the hotel group The Leading Hotels of the World .

history

Blank of a bond of 100 francs from AG Hotel Schweizerhof in Bern from April 1, 1914

The hotel was founded in 1857 under the name Hotel Fetzer . In 1859 Daniel Vogel gave it its current name and combined it with the neighboring Zähringerhof . In 1911 the hotel building was demolished and reopened in July 1913.

In 1939 a period of prosperity began under Jack Gauer's hotel management; today's Jack's Brasserie reminds of him. Many celebrities were guests in the 1950s, for example Grace Kelly , Elizabeth Taylor , Peter Ustinov and Albert Schweitzer . From the 1960s to 1976, Ernesto Schlegel was head chef. In 2009 a two-year, extensive renovation began.

Today the Hotel Schweizerhof, like the Bürgenstock Resort, belongs to the Bürgenstock Selection , in which the Barwa Real Estate Company from the emirate of Qatar has a half share.

hotel

The hotel has 99 rooms on 5 floors, including a Signature Suite and a Presidential Suite . In terms of gastronomy, the Jack's Brasserie , the lobby lounge bar , a cigar lounge and the Sky Terrace .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b historichotelsthenandnow.com: Hotel Schweizerhof Bern
  2. ↑ schweizerhof-bern.ch: History
  3. ↑ lhw.com: Hotel Schweizerhof Bern
  4. ↑ buergenstock-selection.ch: The Bürgenstock Selection
  5. ↑ buergenstock-selection.ch: history
  6. ↑ schweizerhof-bern.ch: Facts & Figures

Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 56 "  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 27.4"  E ; CH1903:  600175  /  one hundred and ninety-nine thousand seven hundred fifty-five