Hotel Goldener Hirsch

Salzburg, Austria. Located in the heart of Salzburg’s UNESCO-listed old town, next to the Großes Festspielhaus.

Hotel Goldener HirschSalzburg, Austria

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Practical information

70 rooms and suites (65 rooms and 5 suites) spread over three historic houses on and near Getreidegasse.
The formal Restaurant Goldener Hirsch, reached from Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz, and the rustic s’Herzl in a former goldsmith’s shop.
A glass-roofed central patio serving as bar and lounge, and Austrian country-style interiors created in the post-war years.
Located in the heart of Salzburg’s UNESCO-listed old town, next to the Großes Festspielhaus.

11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1407
Documents at Nonnberg Abbey record the house at Getreidegasse 37 for the first time.
1596
Caspar Veichtner is recorded as the first host of a hospitality business at this address.
1671
Under owner Paul Gschandtner the house is first called “Wirtshaus zum Goldenen Hirschen” (Golden Stag Inn).
After 1922
After the first full Salzburg Festival in August 1922, owner Josef Kozakovsky renovates 70 rooms in Biedermeier style, adding telephones and heating.
1939
The hotel is sold to Count Emanuel von Walderdorff.
2 January 1947
Countess Harriet von Walderdorff begins redesigning the interiors with architect Otto Prossinger in a cosy Austrian country style.
28 April 1948
The renovated Goldener Hirsch opens in a simple, refined style that soon serves as a model for countless buildings in western Austria.
1970
New owner Carl Adolf Vogel adds the neighbouring Stockhamerbräu at Getreidegasse 35, doubling the hotel’s capacity.
1976
The hotel passes to Imperial Hotels Austria AG.
1998
It joins Starwood’s The Luxury Collection brand.
Famous guests
Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Luciano Pavarotti, Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, Walt Disney and Julie Andrews are among its many guests.