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The new Bellevue Palace was reopened in 1913, and General Ulrich Wille made it Switzerland's military headquarters during World War I. [1] During World War II, the hotel became a focal point of the warring powers' diplomatic and intelligence activities in Switzerland, and its bar was a haunt of OSS station chief Allen Dulles.
The luxury hotel was a success, which led to expansion. Between 1887 and 1905, the Bürgenstock Hotel grew into a substantial hotel resort-complex. [8] To improve access to the inherently inaccessible mountaintop hotel, a funicular railway, claimed to be the first electric railway in Switzerland, [8] was opened in 1888. After early technical ...
A number of congresses of the socialist First and Second Internationals were held in Bern, particularly during World War I when Switzerland was neutral; see Bern International. The city's population rose from about 5,000 in the 15th century to about 12,000 by 1800 and to above 60,000 by 1900, passing the 100,000 mark during the 1920s.
The first surviving record of a hotel on this site with its modern name dates from 1681, where the "Drei Könige" Inn was identified as a place where itinerant merchants lodged. [3] The name "Drei Könige" means "Three kings" and is a popular name for city hotels in Switzerland and southern Germany.
Following the first expansion of Bern, the Zytglogge was the gate tower of the western fortifications. At this time, it was a squat tower of only about 16 m (52 ft) in height which was open in the back. [19] During the second expansion, to the Käfigturm, the Zytglogge wall was removed, and the tower was relegated to second-line status.
The hotel was opened in December 1913, [1] with a design from Dutch architect, Adrien van Dorsser. [2] In 1915, it held a men's tennis tournament on outdoor clay courts. The tournament would eventually become the Swiss Open. [3] Soon after the hotel's inauguration, World War I broke out in Europe, inhibiting the Palace's success at first. [4]
Bern was made a free imperial city in 1218 and, in 1353, it joined the Swiss Confederacy, becoming one of its eight early cantons. Since then, Bern became a large city-state and a prominent actor of Swiss history by pursuing a policy of sovereign territorial expansion. Since the 15th century, the city was progressively rebuilt and acquired its ...
Victoria-Jungfrau Collection AG is a Swiss hotel chain founded in Interlaken, Switzerland, in 1865. It still has corporate offices in this city. It still has corporate offices in this city. The company currently operates four five-star hotels in Switzerland.