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HOTEL WILDEN MANN
Historic Traditional Luxury Hotel of Lucerne
The
Wilden Mann (Wild Man) is a symbol of Lucerne. A bearded giant with
a crown of leaves, wielding an uprooted tree trunk in his upraised
hand symbolizing untamed strength, and resistance to constraints and
convention. He was the subject of the first painting on the renowned
Chapel Bridge. A local poem of medieval Lucerne tells the story of
a giant skeleton found beneath a toppled oak tree in the nearby village
of Reiden which locals attributed to the mythical wild man. He became
to represent the protector of the Coat of Arms of Lucerne painted with
him on the bridge panel. Depictions of the Wild Man can be found on
the walls of the two towers of Lucerne’s medieval battlements
(see Musegg
Walls of Lucerne) and also at The Wilden Mann Hotel and
Restaurant, Lucerne’s historic hotel.
Set
in the heart of the original old town, a block from the Chapel Bridge,
sandwiched between the Singer Haus in Munzgasse and the first coin
mint of Luzern, Zur Alten Munz, The Wilden Mann was first mentioned
as a pub tavern with rooms in 1517. Two buildings were combined in
the 1700s from the tavern and a neighboring washhouse and stables,
with the hotel listed in city records in 1860. The Wilden Mann Hotel
and Restaurant now consists of seven individual buildings joined together,
forming a bit of a jumble of halls and stairways with nooks and hideaways,
adding to its old world charm. The early Baroque exterior architecture
has been lost, with the façade of the main building restored
to its 19th Century romantic glory, sharing the Swiss-German name with
the French version - Le Hotel Sauvage - above the door.
The
Wilden Mann has two charming restaurants, the gourmet Restaurant Sauvage
upstairs, the very best of modern European cuisine and fine dining,
awarded 14 Gault Millau points, features marvelous alcoves
of miniatures of Lucerne as it was in the 1800s, reminiscent of
a
Hogarth etching
and a wine cellar of international fine wines. The more casual
traditional Burgerstube designed in 1908 represents historic
Swiss old world style with
wooded wainscoting richly decorated in varied hues, where the oak
ceiling beams feature
illustrated coats of arms to compliment the regional cuisine. Or dine
al Fresco on the Terrace in the summer.
The
Wilden Mann is the traditional hotel of the Lucerne Carnival season.
The
Guild Masters of the Saffron’s Guild first established in the
15th Century has made it their headquarters, beginning the first march
of the carnival from the hotel’s Le Salon bar, where they first
gather for a salutary drink. The Wilden Mann is more in the luxury
category with prices to match. The famous traditional old hotel of
Lucerne it has been host to a list of illustrious quests over the years
from Prince Rainier of Monaco and Leonard Bernstein to Gert Frobe "Goldfinger".
The
fifty rooms at the Romantik Wilden Mann hotel are furnished in antiques,
with a comfortable family inn style, each with its own distinct individual
character, with
none
exactly
the
same, ranging in size and shape due to the age and design of the
connected
buildings,
.This 4 Star hotel is part of the Romantik Hotels and Restaurants
Group of distinctive character hotels in the luxury category with
mid-scale prices for a most convenient location with
a rich tradition and
colorful
charm
of
bygone
days when Lucerne was a stop for the Romantic poets (Mary Shelley Tour).
The Wilden Mann Hotel on Bahnhofstrasse, is five minutes walk from the train station, KKL Cultural Congress Center, and Lake Lucerne cruise dock, and 2 minutes from the Rosengart Van Gogh Collection Museum (see Rosengart Collection). © Bargain Luxury Travel
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