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Vacation in historic buildings
JUFA Hotels with
history
In our JUFA Hotels with history, the building itself becomes an experience. Between venerable old walls, they allow us to experience history from a different perspective than what is accessible on special guided tours and the likes: Art and culture combine with excellent culinary delights; snuggle up in a cozy bed and imagine yourself in times long past while enjoying modern comfort.
Look forward to a stylish vacation – we look forward to welcoming you!
Castles & fortresses
Upper Franconia, Bavaria
JUFA Hotel Festung Rosenberg Kronach***s
Sleep in a tower room just like in the old days, let off steam in the playground between the fortress walls and learn about the history of the castle with free admission! Festung Rosenberg towers on a hilltop above the rooftops of the town of Kronach, the birthplace of the influential German painter and printer Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Today you can experience a holiday like in a fairy tale in a the fortress that has guarded a strategically important crossing at the confluence of three rivers since the Middle Ages. The inner bailey – where the JUFA Hotel is located – was extended over the course of the centuries and surrounded by a massive fortifications.
Today, Festung Rosenberg is one of the best-preserved fortresses in Bavaria – which is certainly due to the fact that it has never been captured in its entire history! As a hotel guest, however, all the gates are of course open to you.
Abbeys & monasteries
Gurktal, Carinthia
JUFA Hotel Stift Gurk****
Enjoy the extraordinary flair within the historic walls of the JUFA Hotel Stift Gurk****, a baroque abbey directly connected to the world-famous Gurk Cathedral. The atmospheric retreat with the chapter house and provost’s courtyard in the herbal paradise of the Gurktal valley offers nature as well as culture lovers great options for excursions – as well as a unique setting for the Tulsi Ayurveda Centre, where you can bring your body, mind and soul into balance with authentic, professional Ayurvedic treatments.
Visit the crypt with the tomb of St Hemma of Gurk on a guided tour of the cathedral. The Diocesan Museum of the Catholic Church of Carinthia presents precious sacred artefacts from the diocese of Gurk from the Romanesque to the Baroque period in its treasury located within the monastery.
Murtal valley, Styria
JUFA Hotel Judenburg***
It all began here over 30 years ago with the conversion of a former monastery located in the Styrian Murtal valley: The JUFA Hotel idea became reality and our first location, the JUFA Hotel Judenburg***, was opened.
The more than 400-year-old complex consists of four wings around an inner courtyard. Its current appearance in the early baroque style dates back to the 17th century: At this time, the Jesuit order, which was brought to Styria to combat the new Protestant churches, took over the monastery. However, monks had already been living here before that – since 1364 – from the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine.
From the cosy rooms, to the homely monastery café, to the unique seminar room under the old roof timbers, you can experience the charm of the listed building throughout the whole hotel.
Pyhrn-Priel, Upper Austria
JUFA Hotel Spital am Pyhrn***
Anyone looking at the rugged backdrop of the Kalkalpen range in Spital am Pyhrn may wonder how such a mighty monastery could have been built here. The answer lies in those mountains: the history of a hostel in Spital goes back around 1,000 years to Emperor Henry II, who had accommodation built here for travellers so that the Pyhrn Pass could also be crossed in winter.
In 1418, the hostel was converted into an abbey. It was remodelled and rebuilt on a grand scale in the 17th and 18th centuries: The comprehensive architecture consisting of a four-winged abbey building and the cathedral was created, which houses important Austrian Baroque art treasures and today’s hotel.
From the spacious rooms to the vaulted café and the seminar rooms with their magnificent stucco ceilings, you can still feel the flair of history in every corner. Guests and day trippers can take a relaxing break in the sunny arcaded courtyard – even if there is no arduous pass crossing ahead. Incidentally, the unusual place name comes from the Slavic word ‘pyro’ for hill. More than appropriate with this panorama!
Industrial
Lake Constance, Vorarlberg
JUFA Hotel Bregenz***
Industrial chic, but real! The JUFA Hotel Bregenz*** is more than just made to look ‘vintage’. The rooms, reception, restaurant and café are housed in former factory buildings from the late 19th century. Especially in the courtyard, you get a good impression of the edgy brick industrial architecture.
Today we might think it cool, but in the 1890s it was a means to an end: the Benger und Söhne company manufactured underwear and stockings on the premises. But there was also room for beautiful things. The building opposite, which housed the administration, is more elaborately designed with its turret and neo-Gothic bay windows. The original wood panelling is still preserved in one of today’s apartments!
But time does not stand still. In 2023, a modern extension was added to the original Benger buildings to create the courtyard. Care was taken in the design to ensure that the new building also fits into the ensemble: The red-painted wooden façade harmonises perfectly with the historic bricks.
Thermenland, Styria
JUFA Hotel Fürstenfeld***s
Town houses
Lake Constance, Germany
JUFA Hotel Meersburg
In the heart of Meersburg’s upper town, the highlights of the excellently preserved old town – from the oldest inhabited castle in Germany to one of the largest preserved wine presses in Europe and the medieval town gates – are just a stone’s throw away.
As soon as you check in, you can feel more than just a hint of history: the main building with reception and restaurant area dates back to Meersburg’s heyday in the 18th century, when the archbishops of Constance had their seat in the town.
Today, you can enjoy your coffee and admire the baroque architecture in the courtyard of the horseshoe-shaped building – originally built as a monastery courtyard. (Tip: you can recognize it by the ornate scrolls on the gables, for example). Spend the night just a few meters down the alley in a historic residential building, nestled in a charming street.
Murau valley, Upper Styria
JUFA Hotel Murau***
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Interested in culture?
With the JUFA Hotels Rauszeit City you can fully immerse yourself in cultural life! Theaters, museums, charming city centers – discover the JUFA City Hotels at five locations. With the grandchildren, the family, the girls’ group, your best friends or your partner!
