Chronicle of Hotel AlpenblickAfter a major fire in 1912, Anna Vogelbacher built the first part of today's "Alpenblick" and set up a general shop in it.
Max Kaiser acquired the property and opened a farm and a bakery in the "Alpenblick" in 1916.
1921
Marriage of the daughter of master baker Kaiser to the later hotelier Bernhard Porten, opening of the "Café und Weinstube Alpenblick", ancestral home of the Porten family
1936/37
Conversion of the "Alpenblick" into a hotel
1954
Hotelier and master baker Max Porten, son of Bernhard Porten, takes over the "Alpenblick"
1964
Opening of the "Hotzenstube", today's "St.-Georg-Stube"
1977
Opening of the "Badener Stube"
1978
Extensive renovation
1991
The hotel was destroyed by a major fire, only the outer walls were preserved
1992
Construction & reopening with new conference room
2000
Sale of the Hotel Alpenblick from Max Porten to the Ferdinand & Renate Thoma family
2003
The Thoma family acquires the neighbouring property at Poststrasse 12, formerly the "Huber-Haus", now a wellness building and suite house with a connecting corridor to the wellness building
06-12/2006
New construction of the wellness building with direct connection to the main building
21.12.2006
Opening of the "Alpenblick-SPA" with brine pool, saunas, salt relaxation room (salarium), treatment rooms, relaxation room with fireplace and the world's largest salt lamp, lounge with water station, fitness room and gymnastics room, as well as outdoor sunbathing terrace
12/2006
Inclusion of the "Alpenblick" in the Wellness Hotels Germany
01/2007
Joining the Private Selection Hotels, Lucerne
06/2007
Europe certification as an organic hotel
2007/2008
Extensive renovation of the guest rooms and bathrooms
07-08/2009
Comprehensive measures to insulate the main building from the outside, windows, doors, masonry
ab 08/2013
New construction of the "Suite House" with 10 spacious junior suites, bar-lounge
08/2013
Installation of the liquid gas-fuelled combined heat and power plant 20 KW/h electricity, 42 KW/h heat
04/2014
Opening of "Suite House" with wellness shop, underground car park, relaxation room and laboratory with production rooms for Kokoderma cosmetic products
04/2014
Participation in the filming of "Mein himmlisches Hotel"
05/2014
EMAS certification, presentation of the certificate by Minister Winfried Kretschmann
05/2016
Replacing urinals with waterless urinals with membrane technology without the use of chemicals in public toilet areas
06/2020
Installation of solar system (photovoltaic) on the wellness building, 27 KW/h electricity
04/2021
Complete insulation of top floor of main building and conversion into office space
05/2021
Conversion of green space into usable area for growing cut lettuce and herbs
07/21-06/22
Renovation of the guest rooms in the main building
05/22
Redesign of the exterior façade
from 09/2022 to current
External escape staircase, second escape route or escape route extension and new fire compartments/smoke protection doors
11-12/22
Renovation of the Badener Stube, St.-Georgsstube and Schwarzwaldstube
01/2023
Renewal and replacement of the defective heat recovery system for the utilisation of waste heat for heating from the refrigeration compressors, thus eliminating the 10 KW/h fan for 24 hours for the ventilation and cooling of the compressors
04/2023
Redesign of forecourt/entrance
06/2023
New installation of solar system on the suite house with 20 KW/h of electricity
Total in-house production now just under 70 KW/h
07/2023
Redesign of the outdoor terrace with extension to 40 seats
2024
In planning: redesign of car park with construction of technical cellar and carports with photovoltaics for the production of hydrogen in stock for heating or construction of a hydrogen-powered combined heat and power plant.
Goal: Expansion/elimination of the old oil heating systems.
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