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THE MADISON Hotel Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Marlies Head, sister of steakhouse owner Eugen Block, opened The Madison on 6 December 1993 because the Schaarsteinweg plot would only work as serviced apartments. Winking Froh won the competition with a U-shaped block in the Neustadt, between the Michel and the harbour: 166 rooms and suites, from 35 to 110 square metres. She still owns the house.
- 166 rooms
- Opened 1993
- Neighborhood: Neustadt
- Rooms from 377 sq ft (35 m²)
- Architect: Winking Froh Architekten
About THE MADISON Hotel Hamburg
- In 1998 she was named Hotelier of the Year. Thomas Kleinertz, director since 2009 and a co-partner, is the person she wants to carry the hotel on, and the lease runs to at least 2048.
- The ground-floor restaurant, long called Marley's, was rebuilt for about 1.2 million euros and now uses the hotel's name. Gruner+Jahr staff once filled it at lunch, before the publisher left Baumwall.
- Film crews have been regular guests since the opening. Head once said she was unsure which granite to choose for the lobby, and completely sure the hotel would work.
- The U-shaped plan holds the rooms back from the houses to the north and turns a closed front toward the harbour and the old Gruner+Jahr building, with brick at the base and gray metal above.
- Entry-level rooms start at 377 sq ft (35 m²).
History
Marlies Head opened The Madison on 6 December 1993 at Schaarsteinweg 4 as one of the early serviced-apartment hotels in Germany. The plot only worked that way. Winking Froh won the design competition for Grundstücksgesellschaft Schaarsteinweg Ehlers KG with a U-shaped block of apartments, each meant to have a kitchen. The house now counts 166 rooms and suites between 35 and 110 square metres. Head, sister of Eugen Block, remains the owner. In 1998 she was named Hotelier of the Year.
The setting
Schaarsteinweg 4, 20459 Hamburg, in the Neustadt, between the Michel and the harbour, near St. Pauli Landungsbrücken. This is the Neustadt, not the Altstadt. The old Gruner+Jahr building on Baumwall was the lunchtime neighbor before the publisher moved to HafenCity.
Restaurants and bars
- The MADISON Restaurant — Restaurant
Amenities
- Free high-speed Wi-Fi throughout the hotel
- Air-conditioned seminar and meeting rooms
- Complete conference packages
- Package reception up to three business days before an event
- Underground parking (APCOA car park in the same building)
Awards
- Hotelier des Jahres (1998)
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