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Vitalhotel Alter Meierhof
Glücksburg, Germany · Independent · Core Luxury
A fire on 9 January 1990 destroyed the Alter Meierhof, an inn at Meierwik since 1820 on a ducal farm beside the Flensburg Fjord. Gerlinde and Gerd Theilen opened the hotel on 29 May 1999. Dirk Luther has cooked at Meierei since 2006, with two Michelin stars since 2008, and he shares the house with director Uta Krause-Junk. Closed for rebuilding on 15 September 2024, it reopened on 19 May 2025 with 60 rooms and suites and a longer look across the water toward Denmark.
- 60 rooms
- Opened 1999
- Neighborhood: Meierwik
About Vitalhotel Alter Meierhof
- Until 1773 this farm supplied the court at Glücksburg Castle. In 1841 Baron Schack von Brockendorf made western Meierwik his country seat and named it Solitüde. After the First World War the inn added Alter, meaning old, to its name.
- From the 1930s into the 1960s the house was Meierwik's Sunday dance hall and the polling station for about fifty people on Solitüde Bay, with a local reputation as the place couples found each other.
- The Förde Maisonette Suite stacks living and sleeping on two floors, with a freestanding tub in an open bathroom at a window on the fjord. The hotel's 2025 press kit gives Dirk Luther four Gault Millau toques.
History
A ducal Meierhof was commissioned here in the 16th century and supplied Glücksburg Castle until 1773. The historic inn building went up around 1820. Baron Schack von Brockendorf made western Meierwik a country seat called Solitüde in 1841. The inn took the name Alter Meierhof after the First World War. A fire on 9 January 1990 destroyed it. Gerlinde and Gerd Theilen opened the present hotel on 29 May 1999. It closed on 15 September 2024 for an extension and reopened on 19 May 2025. Meierei, under Dirk Luther, reopened on 10 April 2025.
The setting
Uferstraße 1, 24960 Glücksburg, in the district of Meierwik, on the shore of the Flensburg Fjord, looking toward the Danish coast. Glücksburg Castle is a short drive inland.
Restaurants and bars
- Restaurant Meierei Dirk Luther — Restaurant · Chef Dirk Luther
- Brasserie — Restaurant
- Meierei — Restaurant · Chef Dirk Luther
- Wintergarten — Restaurant
Experiences
- Kulinarische Sterne-Events in der Meierei — Culinary star events by chef Dirk Luther held in the Meierei.
- Sonntags-Lunch à la chef im Wintergarten — Sunday lunch à la chef served in the Wintergarten.
- Candle-Light-Dinner in der Brasserie — Candle-light dinner in the Brasserie, presented as one of the hotel's Genussmomente (culinary moments).
- Besondere kulinarische Events — Further special culinary events hosted by the hotel.
- Hof-Therme — Hof-Therme with indoor pool, Finnish sauna and snow shower, as shown in press photos.
- Strand Solitüde — Strand Solitüde, shown in press photos.
Awards
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
- MICHELIN Two Stars (Meierei Dirk Luther) (2008)
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