Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern

Lucerne, Switzerland. Located on the Schweizerhofquai, facing Lake Lucerne; a protected cultural monument of national importance.

Hotel Schweizerhof LuzernLucerne, Switzerland

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Address: Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern
Schweizerhofquai
6002 Lucerne
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 41 410 04 10
Official website: www.schweizerhof-luzern.ch
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101 spacious rooms and suites.
Brasserie VICO, VILLA Schweizerhof and the Schweizerhof Bar; a self-styled “festival hotel” hosting events such as the Lucerne Blues Festival.
Historic banqueting halls, seminar rooms and a wellness area with sauna and fitness.
Located on the Schweizerhofquai, facing Lake Lucerne; a protected cultural monument of national importance.

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

17 October 1843
The Segesser brothers submit their first application to build an inn on the new lakeside quay.
March 1844
Building permission is granted and work begins at once under Melchior Berri; the main building is topped out in September.
21 August 1845
The Schweizerhof opens on land reclaimed from the lake.
1854 – 1856
Eduard Segesser, now sole owner, adds an annex on each side of the main building.
1861
The hotel passes to the Hauser family, which still owns it today.
1 June 1865
Leonhard Zeugheer’s grand dining hall and winter garden open; Empress Eugénie declares there are few finer halls even in France.
1885
Architect Arnold Bringolf-Hauser turns the classicist palace into a neo-Baroque château with an extra storey and a domed roof terrace.
1939 – 1945
Army staff are quartered in the hotel, and its terrace is used for military weather forecasting.
1954 – 1955
Architect Adolf Vallaster removes the dome and strips the neo-Baroque façade, a change criticised by the Schweizerische Bauzeitung.
15 December 1999
The hotel reopens after a renovation by Diener & Diener that preserves the historic halls, closed since February 1998.
2013 – 2014
All rooms are renewed in two phases, and the Bringolf hall and two salons are redesigned.
2025
After a refit, the two restaurants are merged and reopen as a single brasserie.