Previous names: The name “Villa Schwanebeck” has been retained since the building opened.

Architecture: The building’s cubature is typical of the period in which it was built and its use as a hotel and guesthouse. The front façade was elaborately designed in the form of a loggia, which used to be open but is now closed with windows. A relief-like balustrade adorns the facade of the house under each of the windows.

Year of construction: 1907

History/owners until 1945: The house was built in 1907 by Maria Schwanebeck from Angermünde as a hotel and guesthouse. In 1938, due to difficult times, the house was sold to Charlotte Brünner.

GDR period: After expropriation by the Binz municipal council, the house was initially used as a residential building. In 1975, the GDR customs administration took over the house and ran it as a customs holiday home.

After 1990: In 1992, it was transferred back to the heirs, first to Mrs. Briest, then Marie-Luise Preußker took over the villa as a hotel. In the same year (1992), the following advertisement appeared in the room catalog of the FVV Binz e.V.: Hotel & Restaurant Haus Schwanebeck (owner: Marie-Luise Preußker). A well-maintained house in a prime location, all rooms with shower & WC, TV & radio in the rooms, parking spaces, restaurant on site, 1/2 minute from the beach, Margaretenstraße 18 – 2337 Binz on Rügen. In 1994, Bernhard Franke and his family acquired the property and have been running the hotel ever since.

(Background: The Schwanebeck family, who built the villa, were neighbors and friends of the Schleyer family, the grandparents of the current owner, Astrid Franke).

Current use: Family-run hotel, restaurant

Photos: Franke family, Lutz Grünke, Binzer Bucht Tourismus/Christian Thiele

Text: Franke