Hotel Europejski
| Hotel Europejski | |
|---|---|
 Hotel Europejski - 2006 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Warsaw, Poland |
| Address | Krakowskie Przedmiescie 13 |
| Opening | January 1, 1857 (original building), July 2, 1962 (current building) |
| Owner |
Przezdziecki family, (1857-1921), Hotel Europejski S.A. - HESA (1921-1948), Akademia Wojskowo-Polityczna (1948-1959), Orbis (1959-2005), Hotel Europejski S.A. - HESA (2005-) |
| Management | Raffles Hotels & Resorts |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Enrico Marconi |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 100 |
| Website | |
| www.hotel-europejski.com.pl | |
Hotel Europejski is a historic hotel in the city centre of Warsaw, Poland. Originally opened in 1857, the hotel was almost completely destroyed in World War II. The current hotel was built in stages throughout the 1950s, opening as a hotel in 1962.
Overview
It is located on the historical Royal Route and close to Warsaw Old Town. Facilities include an art gallery and a coffee and pastry shop. The rooms vary in size and shape and most have views overlooking historic parts of Warsaw, including the Royal Tract and the Pilsudski Square.
History
The hotel originally opened on January 1, 1857. Designed by Enrico Marconi, it was one of the most luxurious hotels in the Russian Empire. It was expanded in 1907 to designs by Czeslaw Przybylski. In 1921, the hotel's owners took on partners to form the company Hotel Europejski Spółka Akcyjna (HESA).
The hotel was renamed the Europäisches Hotel during the German occupation[1] in World War II and was almost completely destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. In 1945, after the liberation of Warsaw, the original owners received permission from the government to rebuild the hotel and set up a cafe in the remaining portion of the building. However before they could rebuild, the hotel was seized by the government in 1948. The building was rebuilt from 1949-1951 to designs by Bohdan Pniewski with a recreation of the historic facade and a modern interior, serving as the Military Political Academy (Akademia Wojskowa Polityczna) from 1951-1954 and then as offices for the Ministry of Transport.
The building was transferred to the Orbis state tourist company in 1959 and converted back to a hotel, reopening to guests on July 2, 1962 as the Orbis Hotel Europejski. In 1965, The Golden Gate Quartet performed their only concert in Poland here.
After the fall of communism, in 1993, the heirs of the hotel's original owners sued to regain the hotel from the state-run Orbis Hotels chain. The case took 12 years, as Orbis claimed they had constructed the current building and invested a great deal of money in it.[2]
Future
Reconstruction is set to begin in early 2013 and the hotel will reopen in 2015 with 100 hotel rooms managed by Raffles Hotels & Resorts and 6,500 m² of Class A office space.[3]
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Coordinates: 52°14′30″N 21°0′52″E / 52.24167°N 21.01444°E