Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden
| Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden | |
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 Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden |
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| place | Berchtesgaden , Bavaria |
| architect | Herbert Kochta |
| Construction year | 2005 (opening) |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 38 '1.7 " N , 13 ° 2' 47.4" E |
The Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden until 2014 InterContinental Berchtesgaden Resort is a Kempinski - Hotel luxury ( 5-star ) in Berchtesgaden . It was built by a subsidiary of BayernLB after the Americans had cleared the Obersalzberg area, which was formerly a prohibited area for the Führer, as part of the Bavarian state government's two-pillar concept to revive tourism . The new hotel building based on plans by architect Herbert Kochta was opened in 2005. The hotel received a lot of media coverage , both because of its location on Obersalzberg and as part of the BayernLB crisis.
location
The hotel is located in a prominent secluded location in terms of local planning on the Eckerbichl as a small elevation of the Obersalzberg in the district of Berchtesgaden of the same name.
Construction and architecture
The hotel was planned by the Kochta architects from Munich. The horseshoe-shaped multi-storey structure is adapted to the topography of the hilltop. The two curved bed wings extend to the right and left of the central lobby. The glass facade of the lobby in the inner courtyard provides a view of the Kehlsteinhaus . The hotel was architecturally designed in the New Objectivity style; Natural stone plinth and wooden elements characterize the facade.
The first interior design concept was developed by Mahmoudieh Design from Berlin. André Behncke from Munich is responsible for the revision and the current interior design. The construction work was carried out by the Schmölzl company from Bayerisch Gmain , which was commissioned to blow up the buildings of the Nazi giants as early as the 1950s. The construction costs were in the order of 50 million euros.
Hotel business
| Berchtesgaden International Resort Betriebs GmbH | |
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| legal form | GmbH |
| Seat | Berchtesgaden |
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| Branch | Hotel industry |
| Website | www.kempinski.com/berchtesgaden |
The five-star superior hotel has 138 rooms and twelve suites as well as two restaurants and a wellness and spa area. Below the hotel is the Berchtesgaden Golf Club with a 9-hole course and a small ski area. In 2007 a helicopter landing pad was set up for VIP guests and the conference area was expanded.
The hotel distinguishes itself primarily as a resort and as an upscale location for visiting tourism in the region, from the festival city of Salzburg to the Berchtesgaden National Park .
history
The Obersalzberg was one of the cradles of tourism in Berchtesgaden until it came to a standstill in the course of the conversion to the Führer's restricted area . At the current hotel location, the Eckerbichl, Göring's house was located during the Nazi era . From then on, the Eckerbichl was also known as Göringhügel . Ownership of the land was transferred to the Free State of Bavaria after the Second World War . A first attempt to revive tourism on the Obersalzberg in the 1950s failed and resulted in the Steigenberger affair , as the Obersalzberg remained occupied by the Americans even after the war. Despite contracts with Steigenberger , the buildings were therefore not available for general tourism.
When the Free State was able to freely dispose of the site on Obersalzberg again in 1996 after the Americans left, the two-pillar concept was decided, consisting of a luxury hotel project and the Obersalzberg documentation - the hotel project was to tie in with the tourist tradition of Obersalzberg before the Third Reich the documentation of the "special history of the place" take into account. As part of the tender for the hotel project, an Arab applicant also showed interest. However, the contract was awarded to Gewerbegrund , a subsidiary of BayernLB . The InterContinental Hotels Group was selected as the operator at that time .
In 2000, the Platterhof, first mentioned as a stone house loan in 1385, was the largest building from the National Socialist era on Obersalzberg. The Americans called it Hotel General Walker . The demolition was not without controversy in the region and beyond, a referendum was initiated , but not pushed through to the referendum . The demolition was carried out to make room for the relocation of the Kehlsteinhaus departure point and thus the prerequisites for the construction of the luxury hotel. In 2005 the hotel was opened to a great media coverage.
In the course of the Landesbank crisis, it was criticized that the Free State of Bavaria is indirectly involved in the hotel. When the hotel's loss of millions became known, Finance Minister Georg Fahrenschon ( CSU ) announced that Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB) would withdraw from the financial stake. Kurt Faltlhauser , at the time the Bavarian Finance Minister was established , defended participation as an element of the two-pillar model.
Clemens Rambichler , now the successor to Helmut Thieltges, head chef of the three-star restaurant Sonnora in Dreis , learned from 2006 in the restaurant 360 ° of the Interconti Berchtesgaden and after his training he worked in the gourmet restaurant of today's Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden Le Ciel from 2009 to 2011 active.
In spring 2015, the operator changed from the InterContinental Hotels Group to Kempinski .
Awards
In 2006 and 2007 the hotel's wellness area was awarded the Spa Diamond as the best German spa . The InterContinental Berchtesgaden Resort was recognized as Germany's Leading Spa Resort at the World Travel Awards 2007, 2008 and 2009 . In 2008, 2009 and 2011 it was named Germany's leading resort at the World Travel Awards . The hotel's gourmet restaurant Le Ciel has had a Michelin star since 2007 and is managed by Ulrich Heimann .
Guests
Prominent guests from culture and Bavarian state politics were u. a. Anastacia , Depeche Mode and the former Bavarian finance minister Kurt Faltlhauser, plus Franz Beckenbauer and Lothar Matthäus from the sport , the presenter Verona Pooth , actress Sophie Wepper and costume designer Lola Paltinger .
On September 17, 2007, the Bavarian Cabinet on the subject of tourism promotion met in the resort under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kochta Architekten Planungsgesellschaft mbH (only customer login)
- ↑ Intercontinental Berchtesgaden. Subtle play with dimensions . In: architecture objects hotels . No. 2 . BAUVE Medien, June 2005, p. 58 f . (Magazine today hotel objects ).
- ↑ Werner Roßkopf: World of relaxation under the Watzmann. Facade design at the "Interconti Resorthotel Berchtesgaden" . In: The painter and master varnisher . No. 3 , 2006, p. 44–47 ( Sachon specialist magazine archive [PDF; accessed on May 15, 2018]).
- ↑ A jewel in the mountains . In: KAPO Holding (Ed.): KAPO . December 2008, p. 20–24 ( kapo.co.at [PDF; accessed on May 15, 2018]).
- ↑ Evelyn Finger: No more squiggles. Time online, accessed January 23, 2012 .
- ^ Kochta Architekten Planungsgesellschaft mbH Behncke Architects
- ↑ Welcome to the Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden. Retrieved on September 9, 2009 (intro of the homepage).
- ↑ The two-pillar concept. (No longer available online.) Documentation Obersalzberg, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 11, 2015 .
- ^ Gewerbegrund Obersalzberg GmbH & Co., Grundbesitzgesellschaft KG, Munich
- ↑ Katharina Wiechers: The loss of millions on Obersalzberg. (No longer available online.) In: Augsburger Allgemeine . May 27, 2009, archived from the original on May 31, 2009 ; Retrieved June 17, 2017 .
- ↑ berchtesgaden.intercontinental.com
- ↑ Heiner Effern: Change on Obersalzberg. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . April 23, 2015, p. R18.
- ↑ The InterConti Berchtesgaden becomes a Kempinski . In: tophotel.de .
- ↑ worldtravelawards.com World Travel Award 2007 Award for InterContinental Berchtesgaden.
- ↑ bild.de ( Memento from August 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Hotel Oscars of the tourism industry awarded in Bild
- ↑ Berchtesgaden - Anastacia instead of Alt-Nazis ( Memento from October 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Focus-Online, quoted on the Obersalzberg documentation page
- ↑ Exclusive-muenchen.de Opening Party Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden, May 9, 2015, accessed on June 17, 2017.
- ↑ lifepr.de Prime Minister Stoiber meets with the Bavarian cabinet in Intercontinental Berchtesgaden.