Luisenhof (Dresden)
The Luisenhof is a well-known restaurant in Dresden . It is located in Loschwitz on Bergbahnstraße opposite the mountain station of the Dresden funicular railway . Due to its location on the upper slopes of the Elbe, the Luisenhof is also known as the “Dresden balcony”.
The name Luisenhof goes back to the former Saxon Crown Princess Luise of Tuscany , who lived in Dresden at the turn of the century.
history
The Luisenhof was built by the Friebel & Großmann company according to plans by the Dresden architect Richard Friedrich Reuter (* 1861) and was managed for the first few years. The viewing restaurant was opened around the same time as the funicular on September 25, 1895. By 1914, a large music pavilion was added on the east side, which severely restricted the view. In 1920, Albin Voigt and his family took over management of the hotel from the previous owner, Friedrich August Reck. Between 1920 and 1925 the "Lindengarten" on the Elbe side was glazed. The aim of the restaurant was to be able to cater to guests even in bad weather.
On April 6, 1928, the generously expanded guest rooms opened. About four times more people could be accommodated; sales doubled. The city tours included the Luisenhof in their sightseeing program. However, the bandstand in the linden garden had to be demolished.
Another major renovation took place in 1930, during which primarily logistical renewals were made. The building received a two-storey underground garage and a gas station with two petrol pumps . In 1935 further glazing was carried out for wind and weather protection.
The restaurant was closed on May 8, 1945, but was able to reopen on June 1, 1945. The next year the Sächsische Hotel- und Gaststätten GmbH took over the business.
The premises were damaged in a fire caused by smoldering tobacco residues , and a family member of the former restaurant owner was also killed. As a result, the company closed until April 1957.
Between 1975 and 1990 the trade organization Gaststätten (HOG) Dresden was owned by the company. Then it came back to Hans-Otto Voigt. In 1997 the building was renovated and rebuilt. In August 1999 the Luisenhof was reopened.
The Armin Schumann family has been running the inn since May 9, 2002. On March 5, 2006, the Luisenhof was honored as Germany's top training company for chefs.
On 15 December 2014, the building of the Luisenhof for 1.8 million euros has been foreclosed . The new owner is the Aachen-based company Patria-Casa Vermögensverwaltung . The lease for the restaurant ran until 2017.
On February 25, 2015, Armin Schumann announced that the Schumann family would be giving up the operation of the Luisenhof on June 30, 2015 due to the new owner's "excessive lease demand" (increase in lease by 5,000 to 19,000 euros per month).
From June to October 2017, the terrace of the Luisenhof was managed seasonally under the name "Inges Weinterrasse" by Matthieu Caziot and Nick Murphy. For the interior, a building application was submitted in November 2016 for the conversion into a smaller restaurant and six rental apartments.
In March 2018, the Luisenhof restaurant was reopened by the restaurateurs Carsten Rühle and Carolin Rühle-Marten.
literature
- Café-Restaurant Luisenhof GmbH (Ed.): Luisenhof. On the balcony of Dresden. 110 years of restaurant history. Dresden 2005.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Weller: Luisenhof foreclosed for 1.8 million euros. In: Sächsische Zeitung of December 16, 2014, accessed on June 12, 2017
- ↑ Schumann's Luisenhof closed forever from July 1st, 2015 , accessed on April 3rd, 2015.
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 29.6 ″ N , 13 ° 49 ′ 6.3 ″ E