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A House on Bretten's Marquet Square Full of History
Emperor Charles V stayed here overnight ...
Beautiful timber frames, window and door frames made of sandstone as well as a charming historic market square envision what life was once like. This story will give you more insight into the history of Hotel Krone. It all started around 500 years ago in the Middle Ages when travellers needed a shelter. Of course, back then, there was no such comfort as a modern "Ambience Room" with a rainbow shower. However, the accommodation seemed to have been equipped with quite some amenities, otherwise there wouldn't have been such an outstanding guest as the Emperor Charles V himself. He stayed at Hotel Krone on June 27, 1550 and it is said that the host back then was one of the wealthiest men in town. The emperor and his son had been on their way to the "Reichstag" in Augsburg dragging along the Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony as their captive accompanied by approx. 5,000 soldiers. It wasn't the only time that mundane and spiritual princes used Bretten as their place to stay overnight - the town was on the way of the great long-distance route from western to northwestern Europe towards the Danube region and to Italy.
From 1570 onwards, our house was managed by the well-respected, educated Paravicini Family. From this family derived several innkeeper and one mayor granting them a special place in Bretten's history. You can still see the Paravicini Family's coat of arms at the restaurant entrance - we are very proud of the achievements of our predecessors! It was also the Paravicini Family who rebuilt the house after it had been destroyed along with the rest of the town in 1689. Since 1999, the families "Weishäupl" and "Jäger" have been the "new" hotel hosts and we are very happy and well-aware of this challenge - to lead such a historic house into the future!
500 years of history
1498 A knight's vow in the hotel - first reference in history
1550 Emperor Charles V stays overnight as a guest in the "Krone" with his son (host: M. Hechel)
From 1570: J.K. Paravicini as the new innkeeper of the "Krone"
1689 Destruction of the medieval "Krone" hotel and the town of Bretten through a fire
1691 Reconstruction of the house and changing innkeepers until 1850
1850-1926 The Paravicini Family manages the "Krone" again
1938 Formation of the association for the preservation and maintenance of historic buildings
1939 Demolition of the building due to dilapidation & new construction (until the end of the Second World War) based on old drawings, documents and maps
1950 Reopening
1958 The city of Bretten becomes the hotel's new proprietor
1963 Reopening of the "Krone" with new proprietors
1999 The new owners - the families Jäger and Weishäupl - take over
2000 Complete renovation
2001 Enlarging the hotel business - new rooms are added
2002 Completion
2005 Redesigning the Relax Oasis with Sauna
2008 Renovating and redesigning the "Krone"-restaurant
2008 New opening of the Krone restaurant with the new tenant & chef de cuisine, Guy Graessel
2009 Renovating and redesigning our "Krone"-hall
2010 Transition into a new era - digital TV
2012 New external insulation and soundproof windows as well as a new fire detection system and solar cells for sustainable hot water supply
2013 New heating system
2013 Renovating the buffet hall in a new design and modernizing the „Marktplatz“-hall as well as turning it into the new breakfast hall; modernizing the conference room
2014 New hotel corridors
2014-2015 Complete renovation of 13 rooms with bathrooms of the category „Ambience Room“
2015 Partial renovation of 14 standard rooms of the category „Standard Room NEW“
2016 Enlarging the spa area with an infrared cabin "physiotherm", renovating the guest toilets as well as embellishing the front desk