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Congress Hotel Chemnitz is 50

Congress Hotel Chemnitz is 50

Chemnitz – Chemnitz‘Einziger Wolkenkratzer feiert großen Geburtstag.

From 1969 to 1974 the Hotel was located in Chemnitzer Zentrum. (archive photo)

From 1969 to 1974 the Hotel was located in Chemnitzer Zentrum. (Archive photo) © KJ Beuchel

1974 Opening of the Interhotel Congress in Karl-Marx-Stadt.

In the 50 years that millions of guests stayed in the historic Congress Hotel, Gerhard Schröder, Angela Merkel, Roland Kaiser and Helene Fischer were worth a visit. Auch am gestrigen Sonntag herrschte großer Andrang.

After the Baubeginn in 1969, the year 1969 started in the year of the modern hotel of the GDR with fast 400 Zimmern and bis 738 Betten heran (mittlerweile gibt es nur 226 Zimmer).

Geschäftsführer Jan Burghardt (55) in front of the Congress Hotel.

Geschäftsführer Jan Burghardt (55) in front of the Congress Hotel. © Maik Borner

Peter Enge (68) war as Industrietechnik-Lehrling at Bau des Hotels dabei. “1972 started learning. The war has been 16.”

With a signal from Frau Birgit who was there at the end of the day. “That’s a good thing”, you are in the panorama restaurant more than 90 meters above sea level. “Man cares about one another’s view of the city.”

In 1991, the Interhotel Kongress was the leading hotel in Chemnitz. There are restaurants and three salons with insgesamt 1085 Plätzen. From 1992 to 1996 it became completely healthier.

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Nach der Wiedervereinigung führte de Accor-Gruppe das Haus als Mercure Hotel. In 2017 you will see a pink written text at a height of 97 meters. Hotel von Dorint has been involved since 2018, and from 2023 by the GCH Hotel Group.

“It is a prägendes Gebäude in der Stadt,” said Geschäftsführer Jan Burghardt (55), because he had a Monat de Hotelleitung-übernommen hat. “Viele Chemnitzer is one of the better hotels.”