Keywords
Hotel Royal Victoria / Hotel Kaiserlicher Hof (Hotel Imperial, Hotel Victoria (ab 1865), Kaufhaus Hertie bzw. Karstadt (seit 1968))
Hotel “Kaiserlicher Hof”, also known as “Hotel Imperial”, opened in 1854. It was one of the early hotels founded during the spa period in Bad Homburg. In 1865, Gustav Weigand took over the hotel and named it the “Hotel Victoria” or the “Royal Hotel Victoria”, it was especially beloved by the English spa guests. In addition to the hotel, Weigand ran a flourishing business exporting Rhine wine to England. In 1896, he sold the hotel to Jean Baehl and bequeathed the city 100,000 marks to expand its spa facilities. At the beginning of July 1911, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes novels, stayed at Hotel Victoria while he took part in the Prince Heinrich automobile tour. In the 1960s, the Hertie department store chain acquired the property and replaced the hotel with a new department store building in 1966-68.
Illustrations (titles and descriptions in German)
Aufnahme um 1890-1910
(Photographs, contemporary)
Aufnahme um 1870-1920
(Photographs, contemporary)
Building History
- Construction
- 1854
- Demolition
- 1966
- New Building
- 1966-68
Location
Visitors
- Dostojewski, Fjodor M. (Schrifststeller) 1867
- Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur (Schriftsteller) 1911
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References
Taunusbote vom 3.7., 4.7. und 5.7.1911
Liste der angekommenen Kurgäste vom 1./4.7.1911
Bilder und Dokumente S. 111
Baeumerth, Fremde S. 158
Deckert/Michel, Hauseigentümer S. 173
Fechtner, Altes Bad Homburg S. 105, 113
Grosche, Geschichte 3 S. 108
Lotz, Geschichte 2 S. 339
Schönfeld, Kur- und Badewesen S. 15
Walsh, Wohltäter S. 74
Recommended Citation
„Hotel Royal Victoria / Hotel Kaiserlicher Hof (Hotel Imperial, Hotel Victoria (ab 1865), Kaufhaus Hertie bzw. Karstadt (seit 1968))“, in: Orte der Kur <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/odk/record/id/1060> (aufgerufen am 14.05.2026)