Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein

The Falkenstein Grand Kempinski is a luxury hotel in Königstein / Falkenstein in the Taunus. The property was built by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1909 as an officer in a convalescent home and opened as a hotel of the Kempinski Group in 1999.

History

At the site of the present hotel a sanatorium was opened in 1875 and 1876, the hospital management Peter Dettweiler took over. Due to special treatments for tuberculosis was the clinic of world-wide reputation. The associated park was designed by landscape architect Franz Heinrich Siesmayer ( 1817-1900 ). Characteristic were the curved " pretzel ways". In 1907, the sanatorium was demolished and started working for a new building.

End of 1906, the building became the property of the emperor Wilhelm II. 52 officers and staff should be housed in a main house and six villas in English cottage style. All the buildings were connected by a 1.5 km long tunnel system, so that one could easily get into the main house in the rain. The construction costs amounted to over 2.5 million marks. On August 20 Opened in 1909, Kaiser Wilhelm II for the Imperial Army, the convalescent home for officers to promote " recovery and recovery of the protection of the Fatherland dedicated forces." By the end of 1912 1101 patients were treated in the officer 's home.

With the beginning of World War I in 1914, the Falkensteiner home was a military hospital and a strategic meeting point. In 1916, here the military attachés of the neutral states met under the leadership of Romania. End of 1918, the Officers was closed as a military hospital. From 1921, the house served as a senior Taunusheim as sanatorium for those seeking relaxation and disabled veterans. Between 1937 and 1945 it was used as a military hospital of the Wehrmacht.

In 1946, the State Welfare Association ( ARF ) took over the facility and set back a tuberculosis sanatorium. After the Second World War, a neurological clinic, which was operated until 1963 was formed. After a major fire in 1964 resulted in a specialist clinic for multiple sclerosis. Due to structural deficiencies, the hospital was closed in 1991. In 1992 the entire complex was sold to Asklepios Kliniken GmbH. 1994 began the conversion of the old hospital into a hotel. Then the main building and villas have been restored and restored the Siesmayer Park according to original plans.

On 9 September 1999 the estate was reopened as the Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein with 106 guest rooms. 2001 drew the German Hotel and Restaurant Association, the Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein than five-star superior hotel.

Famous guests

The Brazilian national football team during the 2006 World Cup.