History

1428
First written mentionning: Schultheiss Wilhelm Velga von Freiburg.

1525
Successor Dorothea Velga marries "Hans Rudolf von Erlach Freiherr zu Spiez and Herr zu Riggisberg".

1560
Her daughter inherit as Miss "von Diesbach" the Murtenhof. The golden age of the patrician house begins.

1800
Brother-in-law Anton Kilchberger inherit the Diesbach properties including gardens and warehouse, the "Krone", the barn (today Valiant Bank) and various stables (Rathausgasse 4 and 6) and the Nr. 60 of Ryf Street.

1840
Sir Auguste Jean Jaquet built a browery, pub and a distillery.

1854
Sir Joseph Weger is new owner.

1869
Mister Karl Spindler new owner.

1901
The Brewery Gurten is new owner.

1920
Sir Albert Bohner is new owner of the pub and smithy.

1971
Big fire in the top of the house.

1978
Family Joachim new owner of Hotel Murtenhof.

2005
Takeover of the neighbouring Hotel Krone.

2020

Complete redesign of the ground floor of the crown with a new bar

This is important for us

In the Hotel Murtenhof & Krone we aim to continually optimize our business, not only commercially but also for the benefit of our guests:
We want our customers to feel the warmth and commitment of our team.
We want our employees to be able to count on a sense of stability and continuity.
We expect our suppliers to give us what we also offer them: flexibility. In return we offer them the opportunity to build a long-term working relationship with attractive sales potential.

These things are important to us:
Independence
Acknowledgement
Quality control
Openness
Courage to make changes
Friendliness
Expertise
Creativity
Being different
Prospects and new horizons
History especially 1476
The price of oil (weve just installed a new heating system)
But most important to us are the people around us. We always try to improve for them. For example, we give our guests a small Christmas gift, we offer our staff special treats and we always greet our suppliers with a smile and a few kind words.