Grand Hotel Bellevue (Berlin)

The Bellevue was the first Grand Hotel at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin at the end of the 19th century.

The five-story building stood on the property Potsdamer Platz 1 on the southern tip of the Lenne Triangle between Bellevue Street and Königgrätzer road today Ebertstraße. It was built to designs by the architect Ludwig Heim and opened in 1888. Initially it was called the Hôtel du Parc, later it was also known as animal garden hotel.

With its - based on international models - architecture, it heralded the era of magnificent buildings at Potsdamer Platz. Together with the opposite - also built by Ludwig Heim - Palace Hotel and the luxurious Hotel Fürstenhof it was the beginning of the 20th century Aschingers AG. In 1928 the hotel was demolished in order to make the construction of the Columbus house space. Today is the spot where once stood the Hotel Bellevue is undeveloped. Immediately behind it, which opened on 10 January 2004 Beisheim Center.

As Hôtel du Parc the house forms one of the locales in Theodor Fontane's novel Cécile.

Demolition of the hotel, 1928