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Hotel Widder

Hotel Widder
Pictured in 2010
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General information
TypeHotel
AddressRennweg 7
Zurich
CountrySwitzerland
Coordinates47°22′21″N 8°32′23″E / 47.372525°N 8.539817°E / 47.372525; 8.539817
Opened1995 (30 years ago) (1995)
OwnerThe Living Circle
Other information
Number of rooms49
Website
www.widderhotel.com/en/

The Hotel Widder is a hotel and restaurant in Zurich, Switzerland. Established in 1995,[1] it is located on Rennweg, in Niederdorf, in the city's Altstadt district. The hotel's 49 rooms are spread across nine medieval townhouses,[2] the oldest of which dates to the 13th century.[3] Widder is German for ram, with the name being chosen for the hotel because one of the townhouses was the guildhouse for a master butcher.[4]

In 2003, when the hotel had its original eight townhouses and 42 rooms,[5][6] it was owned by Swiss bank UBS.[7] UBS sold the property to insurance company Swiss Life in 2018,[8][9] while the hotel business is part of The Living Circle group, which is based in Bleicherweg in Zurich.[10]

The hotel underwent a large renovation in 2009[4] and in 2016, the latter to a design by architect Tilla Theus.[8]

Its two restaurants are named Boucherie AuGust and the Widder Restaurant.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Riewoldt, Otto; Hudson, Jennifer (1998). Hotel Design. Laurence King. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-85669-127-7.
  2. ^ a b "Our Hotel". - Widder Hotel - Zurich’s Luxury Hideaway. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ^ Webb, Sally (25 October 2014). "Widder Hotel, Zurich, review: where history, culture and fine food meet". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b Webb, Sally (25 October 2014). "Widder Hotel, Zurich, review: where history, culture and fine food meet". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  5. ^ Hofmann, Paul (22 June 1997). "Zurich". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  6. ^ Langley, Alison (23 November 2003). "WHAT'S DOING IN; Zurich". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  7. ^ Olson, Elizabeth (25 February 2003). "BUSINESS TRAVEL: ON THE GROUND -- In Zurich; A Banking Center Is Trying to Overcome Its Staid Company-Town Image". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b "UBS Sells Swiss Luxury Hotel". finews.com. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Real-estate giant Swiss Life buys Zurich luxury hotel property from UBS". Reuters. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Widder Hotel Zurich". The Living Circle. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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