Best Western Premier Grand Hotel Russischer Hof
About Best Western Premier Grand Hotel Russischer Hof
The Best Western Premier Grand Hotel Russischer Hof stands on the Goetheplatz, a house of hospitality since the early nineteenth century whose own account of its guests reaches back to Goethe, Liszt and Wagner — Liszt spent years at a time in the city during his Weimar decades. Four separate places to eat and drink fill the ground floor — Restaurant Franz, a Viennese coffee house, the Romanov Bar and the Rasputin Cellar.
Questions visitors ask
- Did Goethe, Liszt and Wagner really stay here?
- That is the hotel's own account of its history. Liszt's Weimar decades did bring him to the city for years at a time.
- What dining and drinking options are there?
- Four separate places fill the ground floor: Restaurant Franz, a Viennese coffee house, the Romanov Bar and the Rasputin Cellar.
- How old is the hotel?
- A house of hospitality since the early 19th century, by its own account — no exact founding year is given.
- Where is it relative to the theatre?
- The hotel is on the Goetheplatz; the National Theatre and the Goethe–Schiller Monument are on the Theaterplatz.
Contact & Visit
Goetheplatz 2, 99423 Weimar
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Stay and eat nearby
Historical figures
1749–1832 • writer • statesman • naturalist
The house counts Goethe among the guests of its early years.
1811–1886 • composer • pianist • conductor
Named by the house among the figures who stayed here — Liszt's Weimar decades are the hotel's own century.
Historic sites
Theaterplatz 2, 99423 Weimar
The theatre is on the Theaterplatz; the hotel is on the Goetheplatz.
Theaterplatz, 99423 Weimar
On the Theaterplatz, in front of the theatre.
Am Palais 3, 99423 Weimar
The Wittumspalais is at Am Palais 3; the hotel is on the Goetheplatz.
Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1, 99423 Weimar
The Bauhaus Museum is at Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1; the hotel is on the Goetheplatz.
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Interesting reads
Historical figures
1759–1805 • writer • poet • historian
1739–1807 • duchess • regent • patron • composer
1883–1969 • architect • founder and director of the Bauhaus • teacher
Historic sites
Frauenplan 1, 99423 Weimar
Platz der Demokratie 1, 99423 Weimar
Buchenwald, 99427 Weimar