The first dated roof beams are marked 1864, also marking the start of the Guesthouse Hertenstein. The hotel welcomed prominent guests right from the beginning, including the English Queen Victoria and the great lover of beauty, the Bavarian King Ludwig II.
The most beautiful place on earth
The American author Mark Twain spent the summer of 1897 in Weggis and later called the village ‘the most beautiful place on earth’.
The transformation of the Hotel Hertenstein into the Schlosshotel Hertenstein in 1909 coincided with the start of the world-famous outdoor theatre on the peninsula which then ran as an annual event until 1921.
During the summer months of 1921, the Schlosshotel Hertenstein was home to the Austrian Emperor and the Hungarian King Charles I.
