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Strandhotel Heringsdorf
Heringsdorf, Germany · Independent · Near Luxury
Heinrich Mann spent July and August of 1923 here and wrote Arthur Schnitzler that Heringsdorf had been the best of his summer. B. Schubert built the Gründerzeit house in 1886, 34 rooms, on the site of an octagonal beach pavilion the town called the coffee mill. After the war it became a Soviet sanatorium, then an East German union holiday home named Erich Wirth. Dr. Werner Molik took the closed house from the Treuhand in 1992. Eighty-nine rooms stand about 30 meters from the sand on Liehrstraße, and the outdoor pool runs on iodine brine drawn at the pier.
- 89 rooms
- Opened 1886
About Strandhotel Heringsdorf
- Engelbert Humperdinck stopped for coffee with his family on 9 September 1906 and found little to praise. He wrote the music drama Sturm while in Heringsdorf. The poet Theodor Däubler lodged here in June 1916.
- Friedrich Smock renamed the house Strand-Hospiz in 1935. The FDGB, the East German trade-union holiday service, bought it in 1970. In those years the stucco and balconies came off, and bedrooms were subdivided.
- Mikhail Gorbachev stayed during the Usedom Music Festival, which Molik helped start, and Angela Merkel ate at the hotel in 1998. One festival opening concert was held in the old power station at Peenemünde.
- The brine pool, held at about 30 degrees, went in between the annexes in 2009 and 2010. A bathrobe corridor built in 2006 and 2007 links those wings to the Sinbad Spa underground.
History
B. Schubert built the Strand-Hotel in 1886, 34 rooms and 52 beds, in Gründerzeit style, after running an octagonal six-floor beach pavilion nicknamed the coffee mill. Ferdinand Hausknecht bought it in 1908. Heinrich Mann stayed with his wife and daughter in July and August 1923, in the middle of the inflation, and told Arthur Schnitzler the resort had been the best of his summer. The Nickel family ran it from 1925 until a tax bankruptcy in 1935. Friedrich Smock then renamed it Strand-Hospiz. From 1945 to 1950 the building was a Soviet army sanatorium. The FDGB leased it and, in 1970, bought it from a Kulisch heir and named it Erich Wirth. Stucco, balconies, and the old room plan were lost. Dr. Werner Molik took the closed house from the Treuhand in 1992. Later annexes, a winter garden, the underground Sinbad Spa, and the brine pool brought the count to 89 rooms. The hotel is not the Steigenberger Grandhotel next door.
The setting
Liehrstraße 10, 17424 Seebad Heringsdorf, on the promenade about 30 meters from the beach. The Steigenberger Grandhotel & Spa Heringsdorf is the neighboring house, a 2011 resort built around older villas, and it is a different hotel. The pier is where the iodine brine for the outdoor pool is drawn.
Experiences
- Heated sole outdoor pool — Heated sole outdoor pool, described as unique on the island of Usedom, using Heringsdorf iodine brine.
- Panorama sauna and relaxation room — Newest spa attraction, a panorama sauna and relaxation room with a view of the Baltic Sea.
Amenities
- Sun deck
- Panorama relaxation room with fireplace and terrace
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