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Schloss Hotel Yantarny
Yantarny, Russia · Independent · Core Luxury
Industrialist Moritz Becker raised this lavish 1870 Schloss mansion crowned with rooftop sculptures and a twelve-hectare park on a site where Elector Georg Wilhelm built a 17th-century hunting lodge later enlarged by Prussia's King Frederick I in 1703. Meticulously restored in 2012 to Becker's original design after surviving the Second World War, the five-star hotel now blends the historic mansion with a modern wing steps from Yantarny's Baltic beach.
- 50 rooms
- Opened 2012
About Schloss Hotel Yantarny
- Industrialist Moritz Becker demolished an older structure in 1870 to build the lavish Schloss mansion, crowned with rooftop sculptures and surrounded by a twelve-hectare park.
- The site traces to a 17th-century hunting lodge built by Elector Georg Wilhelm, later enlarged in 1703 by Prussia's first king, Frederick I.
- The mansion survived the Second World War, later serving as a library and then a restaurant called Amber Coast, before its 2012 restoration to Becker's original design.
- Yantarny was the East Prussian village of Palmnicken until 1945, on the amber-rich Baltic coast of Russia's Kaliningrad region.
History
The Schloss Hotel stands in the center of Yantarny, the East Prussian village of Palmnicken until 1945, on the amber-rich Baltic coast of Russia's Kaliningrad region. Its site has royal roots: in the 17th century the Elector Georg Wilhelm built a hunting lodge here amid rich game lands, and in 1703 the first Prussian king, Frederick I, enlarged it. The present building dates to 1870, when the industrialist Moritz Becker, who had acquired the estate, demolished the old structure and raised a lavish mansion he called the 'Schloss,' crowned with rooftop sculptures and surrounded by a twelve-hectare park, today's Becker Park. From 1899 the mansion passed to the Prussian state and was used to lodge holidaymakers, earning the name 'Schloss-Hotel.'
The building survived the Second World War and later served as a library and then a restaurant, the 'Amber Coast.' In 2012 a new owner meticulously restored the historic mansion to Becker's original design using old drawings and photographs, and added a modern wing and pool building linked by passages. The result is a five-star hotel of around 50 rooms that blends the restored 19th-century architecture with contemporary comfort, set in Becker Park just steps from the Baltic beach.
The setting
4-minute walk to beaches along the Baltic Sea. 20 km from Kaliningradskiy amber mine.
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Steam room
- Hot tub
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