Adlon Hotel
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Hotel Adlon is a hotel in the heart of Berlin on Unter den Linden, the city's main thoroughfare.
The first Hotel Adlon was built in 1907 on the site of the Palais Redern, which had been designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The builder, Lorenz Adlon, was a successful Berlin wine merchant and restaurateur. The Adlon was one of the most famous hotels in Europe between the two World Wars and hosted celebrities including Louise Brooks, Charlie Chaplin, Herbert Hoover and Marlene Dietrich.
It was also a favorite hangout of journalists, being located in the heart of the government quarter next to the British Embassy, on the same square as the French and American Embassies and only blocks from the Chancellery and other government ministries.
The hotel continued to operate throughout World War 2, although parts were converted to a military field hospital during the final days of the Battle for Berlin. The hotel survived the war without any major damage, having avoided the bombs that had levelled the city. However, on the night of May 2, 1945 a fire started by carousing Soviet soldiers in the building's wine cellar left the main building of the hotel in ruins.
Following the war, the East German government reopened the surviving service wing under the Hotel Adlon name. The main building on Pariser Platz was demolished along with all the other buildings on the square, which was now in the no-man's-land between East and West Berlin.
In 1964, the building was renovated and the facade was redone. However, in the 1970s what remained of the original Hotel Adlon closed to guests and was converted to a lodging house for East German apprentices. Finally, in 1984 the building was demolished.
With the reunification of Germany, the land was bought by a West German investment firm. A building inspired by the original was designed and on August 23, 1997 the president of the Federal Republic of Germany opened the new Hotel Adlon, rebuilt on the same location as the original hotel, directly opposite the Brandenburg Gate.
The first Hotel Adlon was built in 1907 on the site of the Palais Redern, which had been designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The builder, Lorenz Adlon, was a successful Berlin wine merchant and restaurateur. The Adlon was one of the most famous hotels in Europe between the two World Wars and hosted celebrities including Louise Brooks, Charlie Chaplin, Herbert Hoover and Marlene Dietrich.
It was also a favorite hangout of journalists, being located in the heart of the government quarter next to the British Embassy, on the same square as the French and American Embassies and only blocks from the Chancellery and other government ministries.
The hotel continued to operate throughout World War 2, although parts were converted to a military field hospital during the final days of the Battle for Berlin. The hotel survived the war without any major damage, having avoided the bombs that had levelled the city. However, on the night of May 2, 1945 a fire started by carousing Soviet soldiers in the building's wine cellar left the main building of the hotel in ruins.
Following the war, the East German government reopened the surviving service wing under the Hotel Adlon name. The main building on Pariser Platz was demolished along with all the other buildings on the square, which was now in the no-man's-land between East and West Berlin.
In 1964, the building was renovated and the facade was redone. However, in the 1970s what remained of the original Hotel Adlon closed to guests and was converted to a lodging house for East German apprentices. Finally, in 1984 the building was demolished.
With the reunification of Germany, the land was bought by a West German investment firm. A building inspired by the original was designed and on August 23, 1997 the president of the Federal Republic of Germany opened the new Hotel Adlon, rebuilt on the same location as the original hotel, directly opposite the Brandenburg Gate.
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Unter den Linden ("under the linden trees") is a boulevard in the centre of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It is named for its linden (lime in British English) trees that line the grassed pedestrian mall between two carriageways.
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The British embassy in Berlin (German: Britische Botschaft in Berlin) is the embassy of the United Kingdom in Germany. It is located on 70-71 Wilhelmstraße, near the Hotel Adlon. The current ambassador is Peter Torry KCMG.
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