Fürstenhof
Fürstenhof rises north of Leipzig’s old town as a listed historic building with classical and Jugendstil features. Eberhard Heinrich Löhr commissioned the city palace in 1771, designed by Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe. Its former English-style garden extended from Löhrs Haus towards the Parthe river. In the 1860s, Adolph Keil added a dining hall lined almost entirely with Zöblitz serpentine, known as Saxon marble.
The palace became a hotel in 1889 and retained much of its original layout, including the inner courtyard. Hermann Günther expanded the building in Jugendstil, giving it the footprint that visitors see today. The hotel later served as a refuge for Jewish Leipzig residents and briefly housed US forces after the Second World War. Following extensive restoration, the Lumière Boutique-Hotel im Fürstenhof combines preserved historic details with modern rooms, family suites and themed suites. The serpentine dining hall remains the most distinctive detail: a room whose walls display Saxon stone from floor to ceiling.
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