Maritim Hotel Bonn

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Maritim Hotel Bonn
Hotel chain Maritim hotel company
city Bonn , Germany
address Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee 1
53175 Bonn, Germany
Hotel information
opening 1990
Classification 4 stars
Employee 200
Furnishing
room 410 rooms, 41 suites
Restaurants 2
Bars 1
Photo of the hotel

Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 18.6 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 3.9 ″  E

The Maritim Hotel Bonn is a hotel with an associated conference center of the Maritim Hotelgesellschaft in the Bonn district of Hochkreuz , which was opened in 1990.

location

The hotel is located in the south of the federal quarter at the north end and on the east side of Godesberger Allee ( Bundesstrasse 9 ) at the corner of Heinemannstrasse and at the A562 / B9 intersection . Access is via the Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee at the rear. The hotel wing is crossed by a ramp of the light rail line over the south bridge in a curve leading to the underground station Robert-Schuman-Platz .

history

The construction of a hotel and a conference center at the location were part of the planning for the expansion of the then parliamentary and government district to the northern edge of the Bad Godesberg district since 1978, when the federal government had carried out an urban planning ideas competition for this area, as part of the Development measure in urban planning responsibility to be implemented complementary facilities planned. In particular, there was a lack of a venue in Bonn where large international conferences could be held after the Beethoven Hall, which was busy with the growing number of conference and congress operations , had proven to be inadequate for these purposes. Initially, the construction of an ice rink was also planned as a further complementary facility, for which the city launched another architectural competition in 1981 with statements on a conference center and a hotel (1st prize: Stieldorf planning group ). This project had to be abandoned for financial reasons, as well as the originally planned construction of an isolated conference hall.

From 1985 the plans for a new hotel building with an attached conference center became more concrete, especially after the Federal Republic offered itself as a venue for a follow-up conference to the CSCE (1990) and city director Klaus Peter Rauen assured the federal government that the project would be completed on time. As part of its search for an investor and hotel operator, the city had already negotiated final negotiations with Maritim by June 1986, but initially opted for the Hilton hotel chain , which was to implement the project together with the Strabag construction company , based on a city council resolution . Hilton insisted on the construction of a hotel tower, which was rejected by the city planning department, and got out of the project in October 1986. In May 1987, the Maritim Hotelgesellschaft , which was now involved, was signed as the hotel operator via a preliminary contract , which finally accepted the urban design wishes, in particular for a block-shaped hotel building with overbuilding of the tram ramp. The city acquired the required property from the federal government in spring 1988; At the end of the year, she signed the contract with the hotel chain for the construction of the new building, which also included the facade design. The city contributed an investment grant of 13.5 million out of a total of around 100 million DM in the construction of the associated conference center, of which the federal government took over six million from funds from the so-called Bonn Agreement in 1980 . The Düsseldorf architects Hentrich , Petschnigg und Partner (HPP) were responsible for the conception and exterior design . Due to the weather, the main construction work could not begin until March 1989, so that the new building, which was under deadline pressure due to the delay for the CSCE conference, was completed within just ten months. The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on September 20, and at the end of December 1989, large parts of the building were approved for use ; The first celebration took place in the hotel on New Year's Eve. The opening ceremony followed on January 17, 1990, the completion of the outdoor facilities and other remaining work a few weeks later.

When it opened, the Bonner Maritim was the second largest hotel and the largest conference center in North Rhine-Westphalia and had been fully booked with congresses for years. From 1990 to 1998 the Federal Press Ball took place in the Maritim Hotel Bonn . From November 1999 to the end of 2003, the Maritim Hotelgesellschaft in Bonn also ran the then International Congress Center Bundeshaus Bonn (IKBB; from 2007 World Conference Center Bonn ) on an interim basis . After the opening of the expanded World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB) in 2015, the focus of international conferences in Bonn has shifted there. A comprehensive renovation of the Maritim Hotel Bonn took place from 2017 to 2019.

Furnishing

The hotel has 410 rooms on six floors, including 41 suites. Two restaurants, a café, a terrace ("fountain terrace") and a bar are available as gastronomic options. The event area offers space for a total of up to 5,000 people in 16 meeting and conference rooms, including the Maritime Hall with 2,800 (including 900 gallery) and the Beethoven Hall with 600 seats as the largest, each with a built-in stage . A foyer has around 1,000 m² of exhibition space.

  • Maritime hall

Events (selection)

date event
March 19–11. April 1990 CSCE Conference on Economic Cooperation in Europe
May 5th 1990 First two-plus-four conversation - international press conference
November 28, 1994 6th party congress of the CDU in Germany
1996–2005, 2007–2010, since 2016 FedCon
October 25, 1998 Extraordinary federal party conference of the SPD
November 7, 1998 11th party congress of the CDU in Germany
April 12, 1999 Extraordinary federal party conference of the SPD
October 25th – 5th November 1999 5th UN climate conference
16.-27. July 2001 6th UN Climate Conference (Part 2)
2002-2004, 2008-2015 Ring * Con
19.-30. May 2008 9th UN Nature Conservation Conference
December 9, 2009 Congress of the European People's Party (EPP) - Banquet
5th December 2011 Afghanistan Conference - International Press Center
19th January 2014 FDP European Party Congress 2014
12-15 November 2017 EKD Synod

Web links

Commons : Maritim Hotel Bonn  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henrik Große-Perdekamp is the new host , General-Anzeiger , January 7, 2013
  2. ↑ The Lord Mayor of Bonn (Ed.); Friedrich Busmann : From the parliament and government district to the federal district. A Bonn development measure 1974-2004 . Bonn, June 2004, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Karl-Heinz van Kaldenkerken , Oberstadtdirektor Bonn (ed.); Friedrich Busmann : Expansion of the federal capital. 10 years capital city agreement 1975–1985 . Bonn 1986, p. 82.
  4. ↑ The Lord Mayor of Bonn (Ed.); Friedrich Busmann : From the parliament and government district to the federal district. A Bonn development measure 1974-2004 . Bonn, June 2004, p. 45.
  5. ↑ a b The Lord Mayor of Bonn (Ed.); Friedrich Busmann : From the parliament and government district to the federal district. A Bonn development measure 1974-2004 . Bonn, June 2004, pp. 58, 139–144.
  6. ↑ Bernd Leyendecker: Stadtdirektor Rauen: Negotiations are going very well , General-Anzeiger , November 29, 1985, Stadtausgabe Bonn, p. 4
  7. ↑ Bernd Leyendecker: Hilton Group gives Bonn the cold shoulder , General-Anzeiger , October 7, 1986, city edition Bonn, p. 4
  8. ↑ Bernd Leyendecker: Negotiations about the conference center are about to be concluded , General-Anzeiger , March 18, 1987, Bonn city edition, p. 4
  9. ↑ Bernd Leyendecker: “Significant project for the infrastructure of the federal capital” , General-Anzeiger , May 5, 1987, city edition Bonn, p. 4.
  10. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Weber: Magnificent buildings on the diplomatic racetrack . In: Die Zeit , No. 42, October 13, 1989
  11. ↑ Construction began later , General-Anzeiger , November 15, 1988, Bonn city edition, p. 4
  12. ↑ Congresses booked until 1995 , General-Anzeiger , September 21, 1989, Bonn city edition. P. 4.
  13. ↑ a b Bernd Leyendecker: The largest congress center in North Rhine-Westphalia is in Bonn , General-Anzeiger , January 18, 1990, Bonn city edition, p. 4
  14. ^ [Contribution by] Monika Gommolla in: Jörg Damm, Karin Eßer (Hrsg.): Course correction: Architecture and change in Bonn . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 2002, ISBN 3-7757-1269-0 , p. 49.
  15. ↑ Printed matter no. 0013404: Resolution proposal: Internationales Kongresszentrum Bundeshaus Bonn (IKBB) - here: Start of the combined operator selection and planning process on November 20, 2000 Online PDF / Online in the Bonn Council and Information System
  16. ↑ Bernd Leyendecker: Another delay at the Bonn Congress Center , General-Anzeiger , November 1, 2002
  17. ↑ Berliners are supposed to operate Bonn's Bundeshaus , General-Anzeiger , September 25, 2003
  18. ↑ Maritim continues to be successful with renovation offensive - 2016 financial year very satisfactory in Germany , press release by Maritim Hotelgesellschaft, March 8, 2017
  19. ↑ 50 years of Maritim - an anniversary year with excellent prospects , press release by the Maritim Hotelgesellschaft, March 6, 2019
  20. ↑ Maritim Hotel Bonn - hotel rooms
  21. ^ Maritim Hotel Bonn - Restaurants
  22. ^ Maritim Hotel Bonn - Conferences
  23. ↑ Maritim Hotel Bonn - event rooms
  24. ↑ Tagesschau on May 5, 1990 ( online )
  25. ^ Minutes of the SPD party conference April 12, 1999 (PDF), p. 9
  26. ↑ 11th Party Congress of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany - Minutes (PDF)
  27. ↑ Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder speaks at the extraordinary federal party conference of the SPD, Hotel Maritim, Bonn, April 12, 1999 , Marco Urban
  28. ↑ Federal Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel opens 9th UN Nature Conservation Conference in Bonn , Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety , May 19, 2008
  29. ↑ Special preview of the press events of the Federal Environment Ministry during the 9th UN Nature Conservation Conference in Bonn ( Memento from January 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
  30. ^ Photo of the event , Wikimedia Commons
  31. ↑ 4,000 officials take care of the security at the Afghanistan conference , General-Anzeiger , November 30, 2011
  32. ↑ EKD Synod with television service on November 12th from the Kreuzkirche in Bonn , Evangelical Church District Bonn