Schlosshotel Berlin by Patrick Hellmann

Opened

1951

Rooms

55rooms and suites

City

BerlinGermany

Setting

CityEurope

Practical information

Address

Schlosshotel Berlin by Patrick Hellmann
Brahmsstraße 10
14193 Berlin
Germany

Telephone

+49 30 895 84 30

Official website

gchhotelgroup.com

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1. 1911

   Munich lawyer and art collector Walter von Pannwitz commissions architect German Bestelmeyer to build a villa for his wife Catalina and their collections.

2. Early 1914

   The Italian Renaissance-style palace is completed for some five million marks; Kaiser Wilhelm II is said to call in while riding.

3. 1920

   Walter von Pannwitz dies; the house stays largely empty for over twenty years, later becoming Croatia's embassy.

4. 1945

   The housekeeper raises a Yugoslav flag to stop Soviet looting, saving the original interiors.

5. 1951

   Restaurateur Wolfgang Gehrhus leases the villa and opens a luxury hotel, a society and film-set favourite in the 1960s and 1970s.

6. 1991

   After years of decline following Gehrhus's death in 1984, a group of Berlin families buys the listed house; Karl Lagerfeld oversees the design.

7. 1994

   Reopens as the Schloßhotel Vier Jahreszeiten with 54 guest rooms.

8. 1999 – 2006

   Successively renamed Ritz-Carlton, The Regent, Schlosshotel im Grunewald and Alma Berlin.

9. Autumn 2003

   Chef Christian Lohse earns a Michelin star at the restaurant Vivaldi.

10. 2006

    Germany's national football team makes the hotel its World Cup base.

11. 2015

    Renamed after fashion designer Patrick Hellmann, who redesigns it; a Relais & Châteaux member since January 2014.

12. 2024

    Austria's national team stays here during the European Championship.

Sources: Wikipedia (DE), „Schlosshotel im Grunewald“ (CC BY-SA 4.0) · GCH Hotel Group – Schlosshotel Berlin. Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.