About us
The hotel
& its history
Schlossberg Hotel Homburg is a family-run hotel on the Schlossberg in Homburg (Saarland, Germany), with 66 rooms and suites, a restaurant, a bar with a panoramic terrace and six event rooms. Guests have been welcomed here since 1845, and the building has been a hotel since 1959; it was fully renovated between 2019 and 2021.
At a glance
- Location
- Schlossberg-Höhen-Straße 1, 66424 Homburg (Saarland)
- Rooms & suites
- 66, all air-conditioned
- Food & drink
- Restaurant, bar, panoramic terrace
- Event rooms
- 6
- Reception
- 24 hours
- A hotel since
- 1959
- Renovation
- 2019 to 2021
- Run by
- Giuseppe Nardi, since 2017
Today
Above the rooftops,
in the heart of Homburg
The hotel sits quietly on the slope of the Schlossberg, yet close to everything. The Schlossberg caves (Schlossberghöhlen) lie directly beneath the building, the Hohenburg castle ruins are a few steps away, and the Schlossberg-Tour premium hiking trail starts about 140 m from the hotel. The old town is roughly a 6-minute walk.
As a family-run hotel with a long tradition, we were fully renovated, modernised and air-conditioned between 2019 and 2021. The 66 rooms and suites are furnished in a contemporary, stylish way, and the conference area with its six event rooms has been redesigned as well.
In our restaurant the kitchen team cooks a seasonal menu rooted in French cuisine; the bar serves cocktails, tarte flambée and ice cream; and the panoramic terrace looks out over the town.
Team
Like home,
only better
That is our motto. Our team gives you a warm welcome and makes sure you feel at home every time you stay. We are here for you 24 hours a day.
Hospitality matters to us: at reception, in the restaurant, at the bar and at every celebration and conference. Would you like to join the team? Take a look at our vacancies.
History
The story of
the town and the hotel
Guests have been served on the Schlossberg since 1845. The history of the hill goes back much further: to the Counts of Homburg, to the fortress builder Vauban and to the Romans in nearby Schwarzenacker.
- Antiquity
Celts and Romans
In Schwarzenacker, where important trade routes between Strasbourg and Trier and between Mainz and Metz crossed, Celts and Romans built extensive settlements. You can visit them today at the Roman Museum Schwarzenacker (Römermuseum Schwarzenacker), about 13 minutes from the hotel by car. More under things to do.
- 1146
The Hohenburg
The castle, palace and fortress of Homburg, known as the “Hohenburg”, is first mentioned in a document, together with the Count of Homburg. Its ruins are a few steps from the hotel.
- 1330
Town charter
Emperor Louis IV, known as “the Bavarian”, grants town status to the settlement that has grown up at the foot of the castle. It is named after the fortress.
- 1679
Vauban
Sébastien de Vauban, master builder to Louis XIV, expands the town and fortress step by step. Homburg has 5,000 inhabitants at the time.
- 1697 · 1714
Razed
The fortifications are razed in 1697 and 1714.
- 1776
Karlsberg Palace
Between 1776 and 1786, Duke Karl II August has a residential palace built on the then treeless Karlsberg for 14 million guilders, so that he can move his residence from Zweibrücken to Homburg. This palace, too, is later destroyed.
- 1845
Hellwigs Häuschen
Hospitality on the Schlossberg begins: Hellwigs Häuschen (Hellwig’s cottage) opens as an inn for hikers.
- 1860
Schlossberg inn
The cottage becomes Hellwigs Schlossberg-Wirtschaft, an inn with a skittle alley. One day it is destroyed for reasons that remain unknown.
- Late 19th c.
Leschhorn’s inn
Christian Leschhorn builds a new inn on the same spot.
- 1901
The tower
The tower is built. Many postcards of the time praise the house as “Restauration und Kurhaus Schlossberg, schönster Punkt der Westpfalz” (“restaurant and spa house Schlossberg, the most beautiful spot in the Western Palatinate”).
- 1939
Hilltop restaurant
After the road up the hill is built, Karlsberg Brewery has the “Höhengaststätte” (hilltop restaurant) built. It comes through the war undamaged.
- 1959
Hotel and sports lodge
After two years of conversion, the building opens as a hotel and sports lodge, with rooms for 50 overnight guests and a terrace for 50 people. Around 7,000 cubic metres of rock are blasted away to extend the cellars. Among the first guests: Nobel laureate Otto Hahn.
- 1980s
The Strohscheer family
Over the years the house loses its role as a sports lodge and comes to be seen as a landmark of Homburg. From the 1980s, the Strohscheer family runs the hotel.
- 2017
Giuseppe Nardi
Giuseppe Nardi takes over Schlossberg Hotel Homburg and, with its renovation and modernisation, leads it into a new era.
- 2019–2021
Renovation
The hotel is fully renovated, modernised and air-conditioned, from the guest rooms to the conference area.
The Schlossberg
in old pictures
FAQ
Frequently asked
questions
How long has Schlossberg Hotel been open?
The building has been a hotel since 1959, when it opened as a hotel and sports lodge with rooms for 50 guests. There has been hospitality on the Schlossberg since 1845, when Hellwigs Häuschen opened as an inn for hikers.
Who runs the hotel today?
Giuseppe Nardi has run Schlossberg Hotel Homburg since 2017. Before that, from the 1980s, the hotel was run by the Strohscheer family.
When was the hotel renovated?
The hotel was fully renovated, modernised and air-conditioned between 2019 and 2021. Since then, all 66 rooms and suites have had air conditioning.
Come and
see for yourself
Book your room directly with us or reserve a table in our restaurant.
