The hotel DER ACHTERMANN
... a long history...

In 1501, the town of Goslar began building the original Achtermannzwinger at the bend in the wall between the Breite Tor and the Rosentor near today's pedestrian bridge connecting Mauerstraße and Bismarckpark over the railroad tracks in order to extend the town's protection.

Shortly afterwards, in 1508, the then Rosentorzwinger was completed (today called Achtermann), which has essentially been preserved to this day. It has a diameter of 22m with a wall thickness of approx. 5m. The masonry is 16m high and it originally had a pointed, slate-covered conical roof.

The tower served as a defensive tower in front of the town. The town of Goslar, which had become wealthy thanks to the rich ore deposits in the Rammelsberg mine, was attacked and besieged several times by the Duke of Brunswick.

At the turn of the millennium around 1900, the hotel DER ACHTERMANN was one of the first hotels in Europe to rent out rooms equipped with private bathrooms.

Until then, it was standard for accommodation that you could only book one bedroom. The toilets and washing facilities were still on the floor and were shared by all guests.

It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that it gradually became standard to have a bathroom exclusively at one's disposal. Until the beginning of the 20th century, for example, guests at the renowned Hotel Sacher in Vienna were served water in elegant copper kettles in their guest rooms.

Goslar was largely spared major destruction during the Second World War, as it functioned as a hospital town and was not bombed as such. To protect the town from damage, in April 1945, shortly before the US troops marched in, the town council put up Red Cross flags and signs with the words "Lazarettstadt" (hospital town) on the main access roads.

During the Second World War, parts of the hotel were initially used as an auxiliary and replacement hospital and then, as the front line approached, as a military hospital for the war wounded.

The first federal party conference of the CDU took place in the historic imperial city of Goslar from October 20 to 22, 1950. The 386 delegates adopted the party statutes and elected Konrad Adenauer as its first chairman. More than a year after the first Bundestag election and the formation of a government, the CDU was officially founded as a federal party.

It is rumored that one of the constituent meetings took place in our subsequently named Adenauer Room. Today, you can hold small conferences and meetings for up to 12 people in this room.

The fine wood paneling in the Adenauerzimmer is a listed building.