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A hotel first appeared on this site back in the 17th century, when the spa town of Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) was becoming a playground for the European aristocracy. Over the course of its long history The Pupp has been a magnet for some of the greatest figures through the ages who came here for the celebrated spas. The guest list reads like a who’s who of history, with names such as Beethoven, Bach, Kafka and Goethe having all made a sojourn here.
How the Stage was Set
HISTORY IN BRIEF
1701: The first of the buildings that make up the present day hotel was built.
1775-76: Johann Georg Pupp and his wife purchased the buildings and started a hotel on the premises.
1922-3: Construction of the modern hotel was completed.
HISTORY IN DETAIL
1701: Saxony Hall, the first building in the Pupp complex, was built, commissioned by the local mayor. A subsequent mayor, by the name of Andreas Becher, built his own ‘Lusthaus’ one the corner of Saxony Hall. It became known as Czech Hall.
1760: A native of Veltrusy, Jan Jirþí Pop, arrived in Carslbad. A confectioner who had previously worked for Count Rudolf Chotek, he found employment at local confectionery Mitterbach.
1775: Jan Jirþí Pop married the daughter of Mitterbach, Frantisþka. His new wife bought one third of the Czech Hall from the widow of Mayor Becher.
1776: Frantisþka purchased a second third of Czech Hall, while her husband, who by then had begun to call himself Johann Georg Pupp, bought the remaining third.
1800s: The Pupp business grew significantly.
1890: The Pupp family, represented by brothers Anthony, Julius and Heinrich, obtained proprietorship of the original Saxony Hall. That same year, the family also formed a joint stock company.
1896: The business invited Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer to the Pupp.
1907: The collection of different buildings was incorporated into one establishment, Grandhotel Pupp.
1922-3: The hotel was fully constructed and modernised. Every room has its own bathroom with warm and cold water.
1939: On the eve of World War II, the Pupp family was finally able to buy the last of the rear buildings, the so-called House of God’s Eye – today’s Café Pupp.
1951: The hotel was renamed Grandhotel Moscow.
1989: The hotel reverted back to its traditional name.
2001: The hotel celebrated 300 years of history.
In the last 200 years, most famous visitors to the spa town of Carslbad have stayed at the hotel. They include:
From the World of Politics
Peter the Great
Friedrich I of Prussia
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Napoleon III
Empress Marie Teresa (Habsburg)
Field marshal Gideon Erns Laudon
Otto von Bismark
Václav Havel
King Juan Carlos of Spain
King Harald of Norway
Prince Augustus II of Saxony
From the World of Art, Literature, Music, and Philosophy
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
Richard Wagner
Ferenc Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Franz Kafka
Mozart
From the World of Cinema
Whoopi Goldberg
Gregory Peck
Alan Alda
Michael Douglas
Ornela Muti
Robert de Niro
Rita Hayworth
Philippe Noiret
Others
Jurij Gagarin
Minibar
Safe
Satellite TV
Radio
Telephone
Wi-Fi
Some rooms are also equipped with air-conditioning.
Grand Restaurant Pupp
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Club Mala Dvorana
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Cafe Pupp
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Becher's Bar
The West Bohemian town of Karlovy Vary (also known as Carlsbad) is famous for its spas. It is surrounded by around 60 hot wells, which provide for a revitalising break. Famous for its lace, cut crystal glass and porcelain, the town itself is well worth a visit, while Prague is about an hour and a half away by car
Remedial springs rise in the valley of the Teplá river. The Carlsbad balneology, over 600 years old, is built upon its curative effects. The hotel is equipped with a health spa, as well as a state of the art fitness centre.
Happiness is made to be shared, knew the great French dramatist Jean Baptiste Racine (†1699).
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