Mandarin Oriental, Munich
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| hotel_name = Mandarin Oriental, Munich
| image = Mandarin Oriental Munich Exterior b.jpg
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| building_type = Luxury hotel
| classification = {{Rating|5|size=14px}} {{sub|{{big|Superior}}}} {{cite web |url=https://www.hotelstars.eu/germany/service/hotel-search/?fixedSearch=true&city=M%C3%BCnchen&stars=5&country=Germany |title=Hotel listing |work=Hotelstars Union |accessdate=2020-12-18}}
| location = Neuturmstrasse 1, 80331, Munich, Germany
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| opened_date = 1990
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| owner = Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
| operator = Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
| number_of_restaurants = 4
| number_of_rooms = 48
| number_of_suites = 25
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| website = [https://www.mandarinoriental.com/munich mandarinoriental.com/munich]
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The Mandarin Oriental, Munich is a luxury hotel located in Munich's Old Town near shopping along Maximilianstrasse and the famous brewery Hofbräuhaus.{{cite web| title=Mandarin Oriental, Munich| url=http://www.concierge.com/travelguide/munich/hotels/487| publisher=Condé Nast Digital| year=| accessdate=2011-06-22| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406103829/http://www.concierge.com/travelguide/munich/hotels/487| archive-date=2012-04-06| url-status=dead}}/
History
=Early years=
The Neo-Renaissance building was constructed from 1875 to 1880, under the reign of King Ludwig II, by Johann Kilian Stützel and Anton Roth as the Central-Säle (Central Halls), a function facility with multiple ballrooms.{{Cite web |title=HISTORY OF MANDARIN ORIENTAL, MUNICH |url=https://photos.mandarinoriental.com/is/content/MandarinOriental/corporate-munich-PK-hotel-history |access-date=2023-08-02}} Stützel bought out Roth's share in 1877. The halls hosted debutante balls and served for a time as the first home of the Kaim Orchestra, forerunner of the Munich Philharmonic.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-16 |title=FIRST CLASS MUNICH - GO Sixt |url=https://go-sixt.com/lifestyle/first_class_munich/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |language=en-US}}{{cite web | title=Mandarin Oriental, Munich – General Information | url= http://www.mandarinoriental.com/about_mo/media/press_kits/munich/information.aspx | publisher=Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group | year=2011 | accessdate=2011-06-22}}/
The building remained in the hands of the Stützel family until just after World War I. The building was sold in 1919 and subdivided as office space for the sales department of a sewing thread manufacturer. The building was damaged in World War II and renovated again in 1945. It changed hands several times, until it was converted by artist financier Manfred Rubesam to the Antique Haus, an antiques shopping complex. The business was not successful and Rubesam's successor, Erich Kaufmann lost the building to foreclosure in 1987.
=Hotel conversion=
The building was converted to a luxury hotel by hotelier Georg Rafael,{{cite web|url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/german-engineering|title=Three Hotels in Munich|website=Travelandleisure.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}} one of the founders of Regent Hotels.{{Cite news |last=Coleman |first=Zach |date=2000-02-16 |title=Mandarin Oriental Is Near Deal To Acquire Hotel Group Rafael |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB950641416916213930 |access-date=2023-08-02 |issn=0099-9660}} The Hotel Rafael Munich opened in May 1990. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group purchased the four properties of the Rafael Group in 2000 for $142.5 million{{Cite web |title=Mandarin Oriental enters Miami market early with Turnberry buy |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2000/05/22/story6.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}{{cite web | title=Three Hotels in Munich | url= http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/german-engineering | publisher=American Express Publishing Corporation | year=2001 | accessdate=2011-06-22}}/ and the hotel was renamed Mandarin Oriental, Munich.{{cite web | title= Mandarin Oriental, Munich – General Information| url= http://www.mandarinoriental.com/about_mo/media/press_kits/munich/information.aspx | publisher= Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group| year= 2011 | accessdate=2011-07-05}}/ During one of the restoration projects, the building's foundations were found to encompass part of the Medieval city wall, a section of which can still be seen in the hotel's cellar.{{cite web | title=Some Facts You May Not Know| url= http://www.mandarinoriental.com/about_mo/media/press_kits/munich/know.aspx | publisher=Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group| year=2011 | accessdate=2011-07-06}}/ Mandarin Oriental, Munich, a 2011 selection for Conde Nast Traveler’s (USA) Gold List,{{cite web| title=Mandarin Oriental, Munich| url=http://www.concierge.com/tools/travelawards/goldlist/2011/hotels/487?lastUrl=/tools/travelawards/goldlist/2011/regions/europe/germany| publisher=Condé Nast Digital| year=| accessdate=2011-06-22| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406103913/http://www.concierge.com/tools/travelawards/goldlist/2011/hotels/487?lastUrl=%2Ftools%2Ftravelawards%2Fgoldlist%2F2011%2Fregions%2Feurope%2Fgermany| archive-date=2012-04-06| url-status=dead}}/ underwent a renovation of its 48 guest rooms and 25 suites{{cite web | title= Guest Rooms & Suites| url= http://www.mandarinoriental.com/about_mo/media/press_kits/munich/rooms_suites.aspx | publisher=Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group| year=2011 | accessdate=2011-07-05}}/ in 2007, followed by an extensive refurbishment of the hotel's public areas in 2015, when Japanese-Peruvian restaurant Matsuhisa Munich, Bar31, and a new lobby lounge opened.
See also
- Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona
- Mandarin Oriental, Paris
- Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
- Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
- Mandarin Oriental, Miami
- Mandarin Oriental, New York
- Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo
- Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
- Mandarin Oriental, Sanya
- Mandarin Oriental, Chengdu
- List of hotels in Germany