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Second Kurhaus
After a fire badly damaged the Erstes Kurhaus (First Spa House) in 1860, it was almost completely renovated in 1860-1863. The plans were drawn up by the Brussels architect Jean Pierre Cluysenaar, as already done for the extensions of the first structure from 1847 to 1852. Architect Louis Jacobi was entrusted with managing the construction. The new Kurhaus should now be more spacious, more impressive and more pompous in its design than the old one, a neo-Baroque structure with three wings. The building provided generous space for a theater, a Kursaal entertainment room, reading rooms, a restaurant, and a café, and was outfitted suitably. The casino had to close in 1872, but the Kurhaus spa remained the center of the spa guests' social life. On 8 March 1945, it was destroyed by an air raid and was replaced by its successor, the Drittes Kurhaus (Third Kurhaus spa).
Illustrations (titles and descriptions in German)
Aufnmahme zwischen 1920 und 1945
(Photographs, contemporary)
Aufnahme zwischen 1920 und 1945
(Photographs, contemporary)
Aufnahme von 1915
(Photographs, contemporary)
Grundrisse (Parterre sowie 1.-3. Rang) um 1861
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)
Kolorierter Lageplan von 1862
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)
Building History
- Construction
- 1861-1863
- Demolition
- 1945 (durch Bombenangriff)
Location
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- Subject Area
- Catering
- Funding
- public
- Keywords
- Spa houses
References
Bilder und Dokumente S. 18, 112-114, 121
Baeumerth, Fremde S. 172-184
Baeumerth, Königsschloß S. 221, 235-265
Dölemeyer, Jacobi S. 96
Fechtner, Altes Bad Homburg S. 10
Gunkel, Geschichte S. 7, 9
Hentschel, Spielbankpächter S. 14
Lotz, Geschichte 2 S. 325, 346
Rowedder, Denkmaltopographie S. 280
Zimmermann, Heimat
DenkXweb
Recommended Citation
„Second Kurhaus“, in: Orte der Kur <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/odk/record/id/1097> (aufgerufen am 14.05.2026)