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July 19th, 2016 by fstop

Matthias Hoch: Hotel Kobenzl, Salzburg 2014-16

MATTHIAS HOCH
Hotel Kobenzl – The story of a house

The Salzburg Hotel Kobenzl, situated above the town, is known as a former luxury hotel. Meanwhile, there is a refugee distribution. As the Leipzig photographer Matthias Hoch visited together with writer Andreas Maier the Kobenzl 2 years ago for the first time, it is already empty for eight years.

The rooms are in good condition, virtually untouched and preserved. It’s like time travel. “The splendor of the former five-star scored something you could describe as charming patina.” However, it is not a house, but a group of buildings, consisting of the former mountain inn and various extensions of the 1970s. A single style mix. High interest to the history of the hotel, the traces of use, the question, which was considered a luxury.

By including archive footage is added another level, the history of the house is alive. We see the owner family Duke with celebrity guests such as Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher, Herbert Grönemeyer. Eventually, however, the famous stay away, the caravan moves on. In 2006, the hotel is closed.

FOTOHOF Inge-Morath-Platz 1-3 / 5020 Salzburg / Austria

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