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Seehotel Pilatus
Hergiswil, Switzerland · Independent · Near Luxury
Johann Ludwig Fuchs, a farmer's son, bought the unheated Pension Pilatus in 1911, a 1901 house where summer guests shared a bathroom, and his son Jean-Louis added two buildings in the 1950s and 1960s until, by 1970, the family had the first four-star hotel on the south shore of Lake Lucerne. Seventy-two rooms now look out from Seestrasse 34 in Hergiswil, under Pilatus, and the morning is the lake.
- 72 rooms
- Opened 1901
About Seehotel Pilatus
- The brothers Jürg and Hans Fuchs took the hotel in 1975, the third generation, after two wars and the Depression had frozen any real expansion until 1945.
- Lakeside doubles are about 24 square metres, with a balcony or a small winter garden. The corner junior suite looks at the lake on two sides.
History
Pension Pilatus was built in 1901. In 1911 Johann Ludwig Fuchs-Winistörfer, a farmer's son, bought the modest house: rooms still unheated, summer guests sharing a bathroom. Major work waited out two wars and the Depression. In the 1950s and 1960s Jean-Louis Fuchs-Arnet built two new buildings beside the old one, and by 1970 the house called itself the first four-star hotel on the south shore of Lake Lucerne. Jürg and Hans Fuchs took over in 1975. The hotel now counts 72 rooms, junior suites, and suites at Seestrasse 34.
The setting
Seestrasse 34, 6052 Hergiswil, on the south shore of Lake Lucerne at the foot of Pilatus. Boats on the lake, Lucerne up the shore, and the Pilatus massif are the day outside the door.
Restaurants and bars
- Wilhelm Tell & Bistro — Restaurant
- Oasis Garden & Sky Lounge — Bar
- Pilatus Keller Retro Dance Club — Restaurant
Amenities
- Event organisation for weddings, family celebrations and birthdays
- Conferences and seminars
- Event documentation on request
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