The Joachim family is the second generation to run the Hotel Murtenhof & Krone. We take pride in our warm, professional hospitality and ongoing commitment to service excellence, all while ensuring sustainability remains a top priority in everything we do.
The Hotel Murtenhof & Krone is a family-run business that always delivers an added level of exceptional service. The foundation of our long-standing success lies in our close relationship and unwavering dedication to our business. Our guests feel and appreciate the warmth and commitment of the entire Murtenhof team – this is also evident in the substantial number of guests who return to us regularly.
At the heart of our values are the people nearest to us and the stories they share, namely our guests, colleagues and suppliers. We strive to do our best every day: extending warm hospitality and offering high-quality, sustainable services for our guests, providing our employees with favourable working conditions and interesting training prospects, and ensuring our suppliers benefit from long-lasting and attractive business opportunities.
Our primary goals are stability and continuity. We want to achieve and maintain these goals by:
1428
The Murtenhof is first mentioned in a document written by the mayor Wilhelm Velga von Fribourg.
1525
The heiress and subsequent owner of the Murtenhof, Dorothea Velga, marries Hans Rudolf von Erlach, Baron of Spiez and Lord of Riggisberg.
1560
The house passes to her daughter, who is the wife of Christoph von Diesbach. During the height of the Renaissance, the house attained significant and lasting renown.
The building was barely mentioned for roughly 200 years. Our historians are already researching this and other eras!
1800
Anton Kilchberger, by marriage, inherits the Diesbach family estate and the adjoining garden and granary to the west. This impressive inheritance also includes the ‘Krone’ next to the town hall as well as a barn (now Valiant Bank), several stables (Rathausgasse 4 and 6) and house number 60 on the Ryf.
1840
Auguste Jean-Jaquet establishes a brewery, a distillery and a drinking parlour in the Murtenhof.
1854
Joseph Weger becomes the new owner of the estate.
1869
Karl Spindler acquires the brewery and manege (horse stables with area for saddling horses and preparing carriages).
1901
The Gurten incorporated brewery acquires the Murtenhof and converts it and the ice house on the Ryf to enable greater quantities of beer to be produced.
1920
Albert Bohner acquires the house, the drinking parlour and the manege from the brewery and sets up his blacksmith’s business.
1950
Adelbert Bohner acquires the house, the drinking parlour and the manege from his father. He starts renting out rooms and hosts guests in the courtyard.
1971
A fire breaks out in the attic.
1978
Jutta and Theodor acquire the Hotel Murtenhof from Adelbert Bohner.
2005
The Joachim family also acquires the neighbouring Hotel Krone from the Nyfeller family. The services on offer are integrated.
2007
The business is handed over to sons Marc and Ariste Joachim.
2008
The seminar rooms and senior suites are converted and integrated.
2010–2017
Various rooms are renovated and the small terrace is redesigned.
2019
The historic Krone Cellar is renovated and converted into a tasting cellar for regional wines. The Cave Couronne is born.
2020
The ground floor of the Krone is completely remodelled and extended with a newly integrated bar.
2021
The ground-floor suite in the baroque part of the Murtenhof is opened as a private spa following a full renovation.
2022
After a full renovation, the Murtenhof parlour opens and is christened ‘Emma's Zeit’.
2023/2024
History and stories: Reappraisal of the historical contents of all the buildings along with archaeologists from Fribourg and historians from Murten.
