Dom-Hotel

Dom-Hotel
Hotel chain	Althoff Hotels
General information
Location	Innenstadt, Cologne, Germany
Address	Domkloster 2 / Roncalliplatz
Coordinates	50°56′26″N6°57′25″E / 50.94056°N 6.95694°E / 50.94056; 6.95694
Opening	1857
Other information
Number of rooms	111 [1]
Number of suites	13
Number of restaurants	3

Dom-Hotel on the left; Cologne Cathedral on the right

Dom-Hotel in 1898

The Dom-Hotel is a five-star hotel in Cologne, Germany, located on Roncalliplatz in Innenstadt. The hotel is named after Cologne Cathedral (the Dom), which is its direct neighbour. The hotel is one of the oldest grand hotels in Europe; its location and history make it one of the city's most prominent buildings.

History

The first Hotel du Dome to open on the location was established by Ignatz Theodor Metz (1819-1880) in 1857, after purchasing an existing building two years earlier. After a construction damage a renovated hotel was opened in 1866. The current building became the third building on this site, completed in 1893 but severely damaged during the Second World War. After reconstruction during the 1950s, the former roof-story has been left away.

In 2007, the hotel celebrated its 150-year anniversary. It was a member of Le Méridien Hotels for many years, but was sold in 2012 and left the chain in 2013. It is undergoing renovations, originally set for completion in 2014 when it will become part of the Althoff Hotels chain. However after several delays and construction issues a reopening of the largely newly built hotel is undated.

See also

• North Rhine-Westphalia portal

• Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne
• List of hotels in Germany

References

1. Dom-Hotel, Archived cityinfo-koeln.de

Further reading

• Madaus, Thomas; Reckewitz, Marcus (2007). Das Domhotel in Köln (in German). ISBN   9783761620526.

External links

Media related to Dom-Hotel (Köln) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website