{"id":9229,"date":"2026-01-12T08:06:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/louisas-place.de\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:48:07","slug":"louisas-place-over-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/louisas-place.de\/en\/hotel-en\/louisas-place-over-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Hotel Louisa’s Place over the years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our Hotel Louisa’s Place over the years<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

Ehret & Schimank GmbH has been delighted to welcome you to our Boutique Hotel Louisa’s Place<\/strong><\/a> in its current form since 2003. But did you know that the historic building on Kudamm has existed for much longer? Even for us, it is not easy to obtain archive material to reconstruct the history of our hotel. Fortunately, some guests have provided us with their memories and even their photos from a previous stay. We would like to share this history with you and show you what makes our hotel on the Kudamm so special.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The single monument at Kurf\u00fcrstendamm 160<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

The town house at Kurf\u00fcrstendamm 160, which was built in 1904, was either a commercial and residential building or an upper middle-class hotel with shops and restaurants. Unfortunately, we know very little about these. The land registry office was destroyed by a bomb during the Second World War. These two photos probably date from the 1920s (a grocery shop can be seen on the fa\u00e7ade).<\/p>\r\n

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About the Kurf\u00fcrstendamm<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

5 May 1886, the day the Zoologischer Garten – Halensee steam tram line opened, is considered the official birthday of Kurf\u00fcrstendamm boulevard. In the 1880s, the street developed into a favoured residential area. Up until the First World War, Kurf\u00fcrstendamm was rapidly transformed from an elegant residential street in the New West into a centre for entertainment, shopping and cultural communication. (Source here<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\r\n

\"Louisa's<\/p>\r\n

The building was later extensively renovated, although it was washed away by the war years and a later fire.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The hotel in the 1970s<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

Thanks to a brochure that one of our guests brought with him, we have numerous photos of the building from this period. Under the name City Castle Apartment-Hotel, the CC-Hotel was already intended to be a luxury hotel for politicians, artists and business people. Incidentally, the brochure mentions \u2018the trade fair and exhibition centre with its newly built ICC\u2019, which opened in 1979.<\/p>\r\n

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Here too, the CC Hotel had a breakfast room, a lobby and flats equipped with a full kitchen, a state-of-the-art bathroom or the latest design trends of the 1970s. Of course, we leave the judgement of the following pictures entirely up to you.<\/p>\r\n