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Steigenberger Icon Herrenhof
Vienna, Austria · Steigenberger Icons · Accessible Luxury
Café Herrenhof opened on Herrengasse 10 in 1914, and the young writers who had outgrown Café Central moved here: Musil, Kafka, Joseph Roth, Hermann Broch, Canetti. The Nazis closed it in 1938, and a last small espresso version shut on 30 June 2006. On 1 December 2008 Steigenberger opened a hotel behind the same neoclassical front, and the restaurant downstairs is now called Béla, for Béla Waldmann, who bought the café in 1914.
- 196 rooms
- Opened 2008
- Neighborhood: Innere Stadt
- Rooms from 215 sq ft (20 m²)
About Steigenberger Icon Herrenhof
- Friedrich Torberg put the café into Die Tante Jolesch. Karl Kraus wrote a satire on it. The Jugendstil room had boxes where regulars such as Max Adler held court, and a bridge room faced Wallnerstraße.
- Béla Waldmann bought the premises on 24 December 1914. After the 1938 seizure he used what the forced sale brought to get his son, daughter, and son-in-law out of the country.
- In 2005 Karl Wlaschek's Amisola bought the building for 24 million euros from the Lower Austrian chamber of commerce. The 2008 opening counted 186 rooms and 10 suites. The tourist board now lists 196 rooms.
- Entry-level rooms start at 215 sq ft (20 m²).
History
Herrengasse 10 went up around 1913. Café Herrenhof opened in 1914, after the young literary crowd left Café Central. Guests included Robert Musil, Franz Kafka, Joseph Roth, Hermann Broch, Elias Canetti, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Alfred Polgar, and Franz Werfel. Béla Waldmann acquired the café on 24 December 1914. In March 1938 the café was seized. It closed in July 1938, reopened briefly, and never recovered its old life. The café proper shut in 1961. A small espresso reopened in 1967 and closed on 30 June 2006. Steigenberger opened the hotel on 1 December 2008 with 186 rooms and 10 suites. Vienna's tourist board now counts 196 rooms. The restaurant is Béla, named for Waldmann.
The setting
Herrengasse 10, 1010 Vienna, between the Hofburg, Freyung, Kohlmarkt, and the government quarter. Innere Stadt.
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