In the early hours of 7 August 2005 a fire broke out in the Schloss, caused by a faulty electric blanket belonging to the former manager, Ducci Mesirca. The fire destroyed nearly the entire top floor of the main building, without any serious casualties. The hotel has since been rebuilt by architect Christoph Sattler and the Munich-based Architects from DBLB.[citation needed]
It later became a five-star hotel featuring 123 rooms and suites, as well as a 300-seat concert hall[5] and several restaurants. The Schloss Elmau Retreat features 47 suites. The hotel is a forum for international conferences and meetings.[6] It is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.
The hotel is located in the mountain valley between the city of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (a distance is about 15 km) and Mittenwald in Bavaria at the foot of the Wetterstein mountain range at the village of Klais PartClamm. The hotel can be reached either by a private road from Klava, or on foot through the gorge to Partyclamm, the entrance to which is located at the Winter Olympic Stadium. The Ecbauer Zaistan cable car can be used to reach the settlement of remotes, followed by about 4 km on foot. Near the castle is a four-star hotel.
Schloss Elmau was the site of the 41st G7 summit on 7–8 June 2015.[8][9]
The 48th G7 summit on 26–28 June 2022 also took place there.[10]
References
^"Website Schloss Elmau, History".
^Jack Ewing (7 June 2015), Quirky Bavarian Retreat Opens Up to G-7 Leaders New York Times.
^Harriet Green (17 March 2019), Mountain maestros: the Alpine retreat that stages world-class concerts The Guardian.
^Jack Ewing (7 June 2015), Quirky Bavarian Retreat Opens Up to G-7 Leaders New York Times.
^Harriet Green (17 March 2019), Mountain maestros: the Alpine retreat that stages world-class concerts The Guardian.
^Global Post
^Lucia van der Post (23 September 2019), [1] Financial Times.
^Ewing, Jack (7 June 2015). "Quirky Bavarian Retreat Opens Up to G-7 Leaders". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
^German G7 presidency in 2015
^"Germany's G7 Presidency in 2022: 2022 G7 Summit at Schloss Elmau". Bundesregierung. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schloss Elmau.
Official website
The Ex-Helfer(in) Network – Network of former Elmau Helpers
A saudumme Gschicht - Landratsamt stoppt Luxusparty in Elmau - TV report (part of 16 April 2015 quer broadcast) about illegal construction of party venue (archive copy: video no longer viewable)
Illegale Partybühne bei G7-Hotel: Behörde prüft Bußgeld - newspaper report (in German) on the same issue
König von Elmau? Neuer Ärger um G7-Schlossherrn - TV report (in German; part of 30 April 2015 broadcast) following up on the one above, about further illegal building work by Elmau