Parkhotel Laurin
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The Parkhotel Laurin is a listed hotel in the center of Bolzano in South Tyrol . It was built in 1910 based on designs by the Munich architects Alois and Gustav Ludwig . The architectural style combines historical and art nouveau elements. When it opened in 1910, the Laurin was one of the most modern hotels in Europe. Members of the Austrian imperial family and German princely families enjoyed the luxurious ambience of the house.
The Parkhotel Laurin is named after King Laurin from the Tyrolean legend King Laurin and his rose garden . For the reading and conversation room - today's hotel bar - the Munich painter Bruno Goldschmitt created a wall frieze in 1911 with the Laurin legend "in a monumental and grotesque conception".
The hotel has belonged to the Staffler family in Bolzano since its inception.
history
The Parkhotel Laurin was built on behalf of the Staffler family in Bolzano in 1909 and is still owned by the family today. The grand opening of one of the most modern hotel buildings in Europe - with compressor systems, passenger lifts, lighting systems in every room and extensive fire protection - took place on August 15, 1910 after only one and a half years of construction.
In 2010 the 100th anniversary of the house was celebrated. The focus was on music and art, which until then had played a key role in shaping life at Laurin. Already in the first years of existence guests of the Austrian imperial family and a number of German princes were regular visitors. During the First World War , the building served as a base for the Austro-Hungarian High Command . After the war, the renovation of the house began and was soon able to benefit from the considerable boom in the tourism sector. The proceeds were partly invested in modernizations.
During the Second World War Bolzano was hit by numerous bombs and the hotel was badly damaged, but reconstruction began soon after the end of the war and the house was reopened in 1948 . As Bolzano increasingly developed into an industrial and commercial city, the Parkhotel soon became a place to stay and a meeting place for national and international business people. In the 1960s and 1970s, German guests discovered South Tyrol, from which the hotel benefited.
At the beginning of the 1990s the hotel was completely renovated, the Viennese architect Bruno Podrecca made the plans. In addition to the renovation of the rooms, a modern conference area was set up, the bar with its original frescoes restored and the restaurant redesigned. In 2009 the lounge with a bar and lounge furniture was built in the hotel park.
Works of art in the hotel
Around 200 original works from the 20th century, from woodcuts to canvas, from impressionism to the new objectivity, are shown in the hotel and in the rooms . The interior of today's Laurins, especially the furniture, is shaped by the style of the architect Boris Podrecca . In the foyer there is a painting by the Bolzano painter Gotthard Bonell , in front of the hotel there is an installation on the sidewalk on the subject of travel emotions - emotional travel , which was developed with the design and arts department of the Free University of Bolzano . Marilù Eustaccio designed the walls of the restaurant with the work Alberi in sequence .
The Laurin Bar
The frescoes in the bar tell the story of King Laurin ; they were painted by Bruno Goldschmitt in 1911 and restored in the early 1990s. The bar previously served as an entrance hall.
Awards
The kitchen received the Service Award 2014 from Gault Millau .
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- The King Laurin frescoes in the hotel bar
- King Laurin and his rose garden
Individual evidence
- ↑ South Tyrol Chamber of Architects (Ed.): Architecture in South Tyrol 1900 to today . Bozen: Edition Raetia 1993, p. 125.
- ^ History of the Parkhotel Laurin
- ↑ Josef Weingartner : The art monuments Bolzano (The art monuments South Tyrol 3.2). Vienna-Augsburg: Hölzel 1926, p. 164.
- ↑ www.gaultmillau.at
Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ′ 52.9 ″ N , 11 ° 21 ′ 25.1 ″ E