Famous artists under one roof
The Klassik Altstadt Hotel has dedicated its guest rooms to famous artists from Lübeck.
The Romantic-classical double rooms each feature well-known personalities in the field of literature, music and the arts from Lübeck’s multi-faceted past, ranging from Thomas and Heinrich Mann to Friedrich Overbeck and Dietrich Buxtehude, and to Ida Boy-Ed and Franziska von Reventlow. These particular individuals have shaped the cultural heritage of the Hanseatic City and have made Lübeck renowned much further afield. Their heritage has given Lübeck its unmistakable profile, making it a World Heritage Site.
In the 17 single rooms guests can read exciting travelogues from past centuries, with authors ranging from Theodor Fontane to Joseph Eichendorff. Some of these accounts include very poetic descriptions of their experiences and the impressions gained during their stay in Lübeck. These words are illustrated with historical images of the City.
An exclusive picture of the unique Backstein Gothic style of the Hanseatic City, commissioned by the Hotel and captured by the local photographer Thomas Radbruch can be seen in the breakfast room. Lübeck’s most recent Nobel prize winner, Günter Grass, is also represented in the Hotel’s reading room, where some of his new drawings are displayed. Given Lübeck’s great musical past, which reached its peak in the 17th century, the era of Buxtehude, it almost goes without saying that a room is also dedicated to this famous artist from Lübeck, as well as to Bach.
By giving its rooms such themes, the Klassik Altstadt Hotel is emphasising its philosophy of looking towards the future whilst being rooted in the past, thereby also highlighting Lübeck’s responsibility for the city’s heritage. Ever since the Hotel reopened in 1997, Hilke Flebbe and her team have supported the cultural heritage and life of Lübeck.
The building with its 18th century, late classical façade, was once a bath house in the 14th century, and an anchor smithy in the 17th century, before providing accommodation – predominantly for seafaring men.