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Seehotel Waldstaetterhof Swiss Quality
Brunnen, Switzerland · Independent · Near Luxury
On Sunday 17 July 1870, two days before the Franco-Prussian War began, Fridolin Fassbind opened the Waldstätterhof on the quay at Brunnen. His wife Nanette had insisted the house sit on the water, and Schwyz architect Johann Meyer drew a Belle Époque hotel of 115 rooms whose number has barely changed. Queen Victoria, King Alfonso of Spain, Winston Churchill, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Hermann Hesse have all slept here. The windows face the Uri arm of Lake Lucerne from Waldstätterquai 6.
- 115 rooms
- Opened 1870
- Neighborhood: Waldstätterquai
- Architect: Johann Meyer
About Seehotel Waldstaetterhof Swiss Quality
- In 1870 a night cost eight to eleven francs, and the higher floors were the cheaper ones. A carriage to Arth was twelve francs each way. Old guides bragged that a bathtub in the room was the luxury.
- The Schoeck Salon is still a late nineteenth-century room, and the Bartli Bar keeps a humidor. Dogs are welcome in the Rôtisserie at 25 francs a night, and they stay upstairs at breakfast.
History
Fridolin Fassbind opened the Waldstätterhof on Sunday 17 July 1870, two days before the Franco-Prussian War. Nanette Fassbind chose the quay. Johann Meyer of Schwyz was the architect. The opening house had 115 rooms and 170 beds, and that count has barely moved. Queen Victoria, King Alfonso of Spain, Winston Churchill, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Hermann Hesse slept here. The ladies' salon, music room, smoking room, and billiard room are gone. The halls remain.
The setting
Waldstätterquai 6, 6440 Brunnen, on the quay where Lake Lucerne narrows into the Uri arm. The ships' landing stage is the hotel's fire meeting point. The Rütli meadow lies across the water.
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