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Kleinhuis Hotel Mellingburger Schleuse
Hamburg, Germany · Kleinhuis · Near Luxury
The lock beside this hotel is the only historic lock on the Alster that still shows how barges used to ride a wave of water downstream. Towboat crews once stopped here between hauls, and the house dates its life as a Krog to 1717. Kleinhuis, keepers of the Baseler Hof on the Esplanade for more than a century, brought the 47 rooms back in 2016, on the Sasel bank of a nature reserve, after the place had been closed since the end of 2013.
- 47 rooms
- Neighborhood: Sasel
- Rooms from 194 sq ft (18 m²)
About Kleinhuis Hotel Mellingburger Schleuse
- Hamburg lists a thatched lock-keeper's house of 1866 at Mellingburgredder 19, a few doors from the hotel at number 1. The inn still dates a thatched Krog to 1717 and says that roof survives.
- The city calls this the only historic Alster lock where the old job is still readable. Through late 2026 the gates and bridges are being rebuilt, and canoe landings move while the work is underway.
- The Kleinhuis family has run the Baseler Hof on the Esplanade for more than 115 years. Niklaus Kaiser von Rosenburg, then a partner, told the Hamburger Abendblatt they took this house on to make it a Hamburg place of hospitality again.
- Entry-level rooms start at 194 sq ft (18 m²).
History
The hotel dates a Krog at the Mellingburger Schleuse to 1717, when the lock-keeper's house began serving towboat crews who slept on the stove bench between hauls on the Alster. The house stood closed from the end of 2013 until the Kleinhuis family, owners of the Baseler Hof, reopened it in spring 2016 with 47 rooms. Hamburg's monument list for Sasel records the lock and a farm building at Mellingburgredder 1, and a separate thatched former lock-keeper's house built in 1866 at Mellingburgredder 19. The hotel's claim of a surviving 1717 thatched roof and that 1866 listing were not treated as the same wall.
The setting
Mellingburgredder 1, 22395 Hamburg, on the Sasel bank of the upper Alster, inside the nature reserve. The east bank of the lock is Lemsahl-Mellingstedt. The lock is a protected monument and, in the city's words, the only historic Alster lock whose earlier function is still recognizable. Restoration of gates and bridges runs through the third quarter of 2026.
Restaurants and bars
- Historischer Gasthof an der Mellingburger Schleuse — Restaurant
Experiences
- Yoga und Brunch im Alstertal — 75 min yoga in the barn with Bettina, then brunch overlooking the Alster; no experience needed, sport mat required, may be cancelled if too few sign up.
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