Bürgenstock Resort
The resort is located on the Bürgenstock and comprises a total of 30 buildings, including four hotels and a number of sports facilities.
To keep their workforces in employment, the two men built the Hotel Sonnenberg in Engelberg in 1869/70, which they were able to sell at a profit one year after completion.
Their company Bucher & Durrer purchased Alp Tritt on the Bürgenberg in 1871 and applied the name Bürgenstock to their new hotel development.
On the southern side of the Bürgenstock is the Villa Honegg, a hotel built[4] and opened in 1906 by Emil Durrer (1873–1923), a nephew of Franz Josef Bucher.
The buildings were acquired in 2000 by Richemont Héritage SA of Vich, Canton Vaud together with five other five-star hotels indebted to the UBS for about CHF 115 million.
The Barwa Real Estate Company separated from Rosebud Hotels Holding SA in 2008 to become sole owner of the Bürgenstock Resort.
To safeguard Bürgenstock's testimony to Switzerland's post-Second World War tourism heritage, a protection plan was put in place.
The Office of Historical Monuments of the canton of Nidwalden, the owners, Nidwalden's cantonal council (in NW: German: Regierungsrat) and the municipality's government sought successfully to preserve the historical buildings by establishing a committee mandated with developing a master plan to place the buildings under heritage protection.
[14] On the same day, the foundation and the University of Teacher Education Lucerne opened a 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) learning trail on the cliff path.
The old Stickerei building has been restored to its original plans, while the historically important Palace-Hotel, which dates from 1906, is being renovated in compliance with requirements imposed by heritage and monument agencies.
The resort's "B" assets are the Palace-Hotel, the Blockhaus, the Spycher storage sheds, the Grand Hotel, the Restaurant & Pension Taverne 1879, the Bürgenstock Railway, and the Hammetschwand Lift.
The buildings and facilities of the Bürgenstock Resort are also listed in the Federal Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites (ISOS).
The study predicted that the new Bürgenstock Resort will attracted new affluent visitors to the region, generating 150,000 extra overnight stays.
The study estimates that the Bürgenstock project will generate annual tax revenues of about CHF 8 million for the cantons and municipalities of Central Switzerland.
[23] German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer spent the summer months of July and August 1950 in the resort and conducted affairs of state there.
