Schwarzer Bock (Wiesbaden)
The Hotel Schwarzer Bock , officially Radisson Blu Schwarzer Bock Hotel, Wiesbaden , is a hotel in Wiesbaden . It operates under the Radisson Blu umbrella brand of the Radisson Hotel Group .
The Schwarze Bock is located in downtown Wiesbaden on Kranzplatz near the Kochbrunnen . 3 houses to the north is the former "Hotel Rose", in which the Hessian State Chancellery has been based since September 2004 .
history
The history of the area can be traced back to the time of the Roman settlement Aquae Mattiacorum . Roman gravestones and bricks were found during construction work in the cellar of the “Black Bock”; In addition, the remains of a hypocaust , a Roman floor heating system, were found.
The first documented year of 1486 is recorded on the “Schwarzen Bock”. Today it is in the door of the hotel bar. The first news about bathhouses in Wiesbaden come from the 14th century. The first owner of the bath house is said to have been the mayor Philipp zu Bock. The house was named “Zum Schwarzen Bock” after his black hair.
It was not until 1450 that the landlords used so-called shields, which bore a corresponding emblem. For example, the “Black Bock” had a sign facing the street that showed a black Bock head. In the 16th century, Wiesbaden suffered great damage from fires that also destroyed “Platz am Bock”. It is documented that the house was rebuilt in 1578 by Hermann Burg. Then came the Thirty Years' War and brought in passages of imperial, Swedes, French and Spanish; the officers were housed in the bathhouses. The “buck” in particular was heavily documented. Looting and murder were the order of the day, so Count Johann complained to the emperor about the dire conditions in Wiesbaden.
It was only when Count Johann von “Staatswegen” threatened to move in the abandoned land that the “Bock” was repaired. It is said from 1662 that the “Bock” was in operation again, it now had two mass baths. In 1662 Elisabeth Hoffmann , "the pastor in the Bock", from Sonnenberg is named as the owner . She was the victim of the witch hunts in Idstein on September 30, 1676 .
Ten years later, Wiesbaden again suffered from the passage of French troops from Louis XIV . The place was secured with moats, gates and towers. In 1677 the main damage caused by the Thirty Years' War was repaired and the "Bock" was named "Zum Schwarzen Bock" in the list of bath houses .
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The “Schwarze Bock” was rebuilt around 1712 and enlarged in the same year by acquiring the “Rindsfußes” (later “Englischer Hof”) next door to Spiegelgasse. The “Black Bock” flourished and in 1736 received the award “Bathhouse of the first order”. Johann Philipp Schramm, owner of the “Black Bock” since 1717, was the valet of Prince Georg August Samuel and resigned from his service in order to marry the widow of the “Black Bock”. In order to make his bath house profitable, he set up a horse and horse bath.
After Schramm's death in 1749, the “Schwarze Bock” passed into the hands of the surgeon and hospital administrator Johann Daniel Freinsheim, whose widow continued to run the bathhouse until 1779. Because of the subsequent division of the estate, the house and inventory were assessed by the city council and this list gives precise information about the furnishings of the bath house. The people of Freinsheim probably didn't manage the house for long, because at the end of the century it was taken over by the owner of the bathhouse at “Spiegel”, Ferdinand Daniel Bergmann. He had let the horse bath go down. The owner Bergmann, who had come to a high level of prosperity, died in 1818. His wife continued the business for four years and then handed the property over to her son-in-law Christian Bauer, postal secretary by profession. In addition to the bathhouse, Bauer maintained the post office and also a wine bar.
In 1834 the “Bock” was sold to the Rudolph couple, who passed the bathhouse on to their two daughters in 1860/61. The house now had 47 rooms and was able to deliver 50 bathrooms a day. Dostoevsky wrote his novel “The Gambler” in the “Schwarzen Bock ”.
In 1865 ownership of the “Schwarzen Bock” changed to the merchant Theodor August Schäfer. In 1899, Schäfer acquired the adjoining guest house “To the golden chain” in Langgasse. Since his bathing houses had already reached a considerable age and were no longer able to cope with the demands of the customers, Schäfer decided to tear off the “Black Bock” and the “Golden Chain”. It was replaced by a modern new building before the First World War . After the “Golden Chain” was merged with the “Zum Schwarzen Bock” bathhouse, all of the springs were located on the grounds of the “Schwarzen Bock” and its owners took up the idea of uniting them into one source and recasting it. The aim was to simplify the previous ownership and shareholding and improve the hygienic conditions.
A related submission to the magistrate was approved: the city manufactured the system and the costs were proportionally distributed among the bath house owners. The new common source was named “Three Lilies Source” based on the three lilies found in the Wiesbaden coat of arms . In 1906 the new system was ready. In 1929–31, shared bathrooms were built in addition to the bathrooms previously on the ground floor. The left side wing was also raised during this time and this is how the “Black Bock” got its later appearance.
The upper floors were destroyed in the Second World War . After the war ended, the Americans occupied the building for twelve years; Among other things, the organizer of the Berlin Airlift , General William Henry Tunner , moved here from 1948-49 to his headquarters. It was not until 1951 that Karl-Heinz Schäfer received the damaged hotel back. The renovation work was completed in autumn 1957. The facade had largely been preserved, only changes had been made during the renovation that now showed the house much more sober. The risalites around the windows and other decorations disappeared. The old, magnificent facades have been preserved on two floors in Langgasse. The attic received a new structure.
In 1987 the Schäfer family sold. Shortly afterwards there was another change of ownership until the hotel was finally sold to Deutsche Interhotel GmbH in 1993. Since 1995 it has been under the management of Radisson Blu.
Ingelheimer room
The furnishing of the Ingelheimer room comes from the Ingelheimer Schloss. The individual parts were collected by Baron Ludwig von Erlanger on his travels and installed in Ingelheim Castle in the years 1880–1882. They served as a dining room there. From there the facility came to the "Schwarzen Bock". The parts come from Italy, northern France, the Netherlands and northern Germany. Individual pieces were added and put together by the furniture maker Dickermann from Frankfurt am Main .
The carvings show coats of arms of old noble families, symbols and ornaments in a colorful row . This is followed by depictions from the Bible, for example the three wise men, the circumcision of Christ and others. The ceiling is a production from 1881, probably made in Frankfurt am Main. The glass fields show, among other things, a Gothic representation of the Ave Maria and two heads of the apostles. The “ Swiss Disc ” is also remarkable . The remaining pieces are new.
Thermal spring
The hotel has its own thermal spring at 36 degrees Celsius , which is used by the in-house swimming pool.
Web links
- Hotel website
- From the city's history.
- 2000 years of thermal springs in Wiesbaden data on the history of the city and the hot springs. (PDF; 943 kB)
Remarks
- ↑ Tunner, Over the hump (1964, ND 1998), p. 175 and passim.
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 7.3 " N , 8 ° 14 ′ 30.2" E