Neuer Jungfernstieg 9-14, Hamburg, Germany D-20354
Tel +49 (0) 40 3494 0
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hamburg@fairmont.com

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Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten

Luxurious Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten is the epitome of a traditional European grand hotel. Since its opening in 1897, the elegant hotel at the Inner Alster Lake in the heart of Hamburg, welcomes its guests from all over the world in charming magnificence and timeless elegance. Many cultural and architectural sights as well as numerous shopping areas and the Congress Center Hamburg are within close distance.

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Enjoy your home away from home located in the heart of the city Hamburg and benefit from the charme of a grand hotel with more than 120 years of heritage - not only fulfilling international standards but setting them.

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Location

Check-in 3:00 p.m. -
Check-out 12:00 p.m. (noon).

Neuer Jungfernstieg 9-14 D-20354, Hamburg, Germany, D-20354

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Make the most of this world-class city with one of Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten special hotel packages and offers. Whether you're planning a shopping trip, attending a conference or making a getaway to relax at our spa, we have created the perfect Hamburg vacation package to suit your needs.

Culture

Etiquette Courses in Hamburg

Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten

Our special courses for children, teenager and adults are about "learning by doing" over exquisite meals in beautiful ambiance.

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Vier Jahreszeiten Spa & Fitness

The Vier Jahreszeiten Spa & Fitness offers its guests a unique oasis of well-being. Discover pure relaxation for body, mind and soul in an area measuring almost 1,000 square meters. Soak up a mix of Hanseatic flair and cosmopolitan lifestyle reminiscent of the Hamptons.

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Vier Jahreszeiten Spa

The Vier Jahreszeiten Spa unites luxury and tranquility, symbolizing the Hamburg way of life. Immerse yourself in a world full of relaxation and delight.

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Culture Alster Lake

Culture Cultural and Culinary Highlights

Culture Elbe River and Harbour

1897

Friedrich Haerlin bought the „Hotel zu den Vier Jahreszeiten“ for 420.100 Mark at an auction.

Running an own hotel had been a vision of him for a long time. Maybe the German quote “At the age of forty one gets wise.” influenced his decision at the auction – as it was also the day of Friedrich Haerlin’s fortieth Birthday.

The intention to at most spend a further 30’000 Mark on new furniture and curtains turned out unrealistic. The city’s authorities demanded a full renovation of the estate. The hotelier of a few hours’ standing zestfully invested another 100’000 Mark into his product – a token gesture adding significantly to the hotel’s success.

1897 German Entrepreneurism

Back then Friedrich Haerlin had no premonition of the worldwide recognition his hotel should later receive. Nevertheless, he certainly knew what he wanted the slender house at Inner Alster Lake to be. With typical South-German entrepreneurism within a few years he regularly welcomed members of the international jet set as well as locals at his hotel: Celebrities from the entertainment industry, politicians and members of the high society were amongst the regulars as were representative of the European Royal Families and influential affiliates of the global economy.

Thus, in 1912 the former reception hall, then referred to as “Gesellschaftshalle mit Alsterblick“ (Society Hall with Lakeview), was formally opened as “Wohnhalle” (The Living Room). In 1918 the grand opening of Restaurant Haerlin followed and in 1925 the first dish was served within the elaborate Art-déco ambience of Jahreszeiten Grill. During the early Thirties the whole building was equipped with a copper saddle roof. It was also around this time when Café Condi and Jahreszeiten Basement – today known as Restaurant NIKKEI NINE – were introduced next to a private garage for modern automobiles.

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1934 Family Business

The slender building turned into one of Hamburg’s most beautiful edifices and today seems to have been constructed as one harmonious unit. Actually, Friedrich Haerlin as well as his son Fritz, who took over his father’s business in 1934, has extended the original hotel steadily over many years. Adjacent buildings were bought and walls were removed in order to accommodate more rooms and new restaurants.

In 1989 the heirs of Friedrich and Fritz Haerlin eventually sold the hotel to Japanese Aoki Corporation. In the summer of 1997 Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten changed ownership again when the Singaporean hotel chain Raffles International Hotels & Resorts took over and the hotel was named Raffles Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg. In 2006 Colony Capital as the owner of Raffles International Hotels & Resorts announced their cooperation with Kingdom Hotels International in taking over the Canadian hotel chain Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. Finally, on 30 April 2007 Raffles Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg was rebranded as Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg.

“I am happy to be back home”, says the passionate hotelier. “I am feeling honored to be associated with this legendary hotel and especially its outstanding team. The well-trained and highly motivated staff as well as the timeless charm of the institution Vier Jahreszeiten makes this one of the world’s best hotels. It is an intimate feeling of hospitality together with a unique ambience that have added to the hotel’s remarkable success for over 120 years now.”

Mr. Ingo C. Peters

New Glamorous Chapter

Six years later the white building at Inner Alster Lake is sold by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts to Dohle Vermögensverwaltung while the management contract remains unchanged. Entrepreneur Kurt Dohle as the new proprietor commands full renovations of all 156 guest rooms and suites as well as of Restaurant Haerlin, Café Condi, Wohnhalle and Vier Jahreszeiten Spa & Fitness. Another glamorous chapter in the history of Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg has begun.