Falkenstein Grand

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Falkenstein Grand
Hotel chain Autograph Collection by Marriott
city Königstein im Taunus
address Debusweg 6-18
Website brhhh.com/falkenstein-grand
Hotel information
opening 1999
owner Broermann Health & Heritage Hotels GmbH
management Ivo Schramm, Stefan Massa
Classification 5 star superior
Furnishing
room 112
Restaurants 1
Bars 1
Photo of the hotel

Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 31.8 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 47.3 ″  E The Falkenstein Grand is a luxury class hotel in Königstein / Falkenstein im Taunus . The property was built by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1909 as an officer's rest home and opened in 1999 as a hotel for the Kempinski Group. Since January 2020 the Falkenstein Grand has beenpart of the Autograph Collection from Marriott International together with the Villa Rothschild .

history

A sanatorium was opened at the location of today's hotel in 1875 and 1876, and Peter Dettweiler took over the management of the clinic . The clinic had a worldwide reputation for special treatment methods for tuberculosis sufferers. The associated park was designed by garden architect Franz Heinrich Siesmayer (1817–1900). The curved “pretzel paths” were characteristic. In 1907 the sanatorium was torn down and work began on a new building.

At the end of 1906 the building became the property of Emperor Wilhelm II. Fifty-two officers and staff were to be accommodated in a main house and six villas in the English cottage style . All buildings were connected by a 1.5 kilometer long system of tunnels, so that you could easily get into the main building when it rained. The construction costs amounted to over 2.5 million marks.

On August 20, 1909, Kaiser Wilhelm II opened the convalescent home for officers for the imperial army in order to promote the “recovery and recovery of the forces dedicated to the protection of the fatherland”.

Falkenstein officers' home, August 20, 1909

By the end of 1912, 1101 patients had been treated in the officers' home.

With the beginning of the First World War in 1914, the Falkensteiner Heim became a military hospital and a strategic meeting place. In 1916 the military attachés of the neutral states met here under the leadership of Romania. At the end of 1918 the officers' home was closed as a hospital. From 1921 the house served as Obertaunusheim as a sanatorium for those seeking relaxation and war invalids. Between 1937 and 1945 it was used as a military hospital by the Wehrmacht .

In 1946 the State Welfare Association (LWV) took over the facility and set up a lung sanatorium again. After the Second World War , a neurological clinic was established that operated until 1963. After a major fire, a specialist clinic for multiple sclerosis was established in 1964 . Due to structural inadequacies, the clinic was closed in 1991. In 1992 the entire complex was sold to Asklepios Kliniken GmbH. In 1994 the conversion of the old sanatorium into a hotel began. As a result, the main house and villas were restored and the Siesmayer Park was restored according to the original plans.

On September 9, 1999, the property was reopened as the Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein with 106 guest rooms. In 2001, the German Hotel and Restaurant Association recognized the Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein as a five-star superior hotel.

At the end of 2017 it was announced that the Falkenstein Grand together with the Villa Rothschild will leave Kempinski from 2020 and will belong to the Autograph Collection of Marriott International .

Known guests

The Brazilian national soccer team during the 2006 World Cup .

literature

  • Helmut Bode: Königstein im Taunus. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1968, ISBN 3-7829-0295-5 , pp. 44-45.
  • Heinz Sturm-Godramstein: Königstein im Taunus and its districts in ancient times. Geiger, Horb / Neckar 1990, ISBN 3-89264-423-3 , pp. 75, 80-81.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Imprint. In: Falkenstein Grand. Retrieved on March 29, 2020 (German).
  2. ^ Villa Rothschild and Falkenstein Grand become Autograph Hotels . In: Taunus Zeitung . December 21, 2017 ( taunus-zeitung.de [accessed March 26, 2018]).
  3. ^ Leonhard Kazda: Under the spell of the ball magician. In: FAZ.net . May 19, 2006, accessed September 9, 2015 .