Conseq Realitni — a property fund focused on the Czech Republic and Poland — has acquired the historic EA Hotel Atlantic Palace in Karlovy Vary.
Designed by Viennese architect Fritz Mahler and built by Karlovy Var businessman and hotelier Alois Klein, the Hotel Atlantic Palace opened for business in May, 1914. Klein was forced to flee from the Nazis in 1938, who then foreclosed the hotel. After expropriation by the state in 1945, the building was used by Karlovy Var state company Interhotels until 1968. Eventually, restitution claims were granted and the hotel was returned to the family of its original owners, who began to renovate it to its current state.
According to the hotel website, “after extensive renovation, which was made in the twenty-first century, the hotel has saved all the original elements of style Wiener Werkstatte. Ideas of the Wiener Werkstatte very inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which, at that time, affected in England. Wiener Werkstatte, however, had its own unique style, which reflected in their products — jewellery, decorative materials, furniture, ceramics, and designs on clothing. The fastener was a hallmark of their simplicity in decoration and shapes and their unusual geometric design. From the Arts and Crafts movement, the Wiener Werkstatte also differed by more focused on a narrower range of customers, their intention was not to produce ordinary products, but rather the individual pieces.”
According to the hotel website, it offers “21 luxurious and stylishly furnished rooms with unique views and balconies,” as well as a restaurant on the top floor. In addition, “the hotel rooms have a beautiful view of the whole town center, St. Maria Magdalene Church, Theatre Square and the famous mixed forests of Carlsbad.”
Image source: www.hotelatlanticpalace.cz