Kurhaus

The Grand Hotel Amrâth Kurhaus Den Haag, often called Kurhaus for short, is a large hotel between the Gevers Deynootplein and the boulevard along the beach of Scheveningen. It has over 250 rooms. In addition, the hotel has a new restaurant: Waves at the Kurhaus and a number of conference rooms.

In 1818 Jacob Pronk founded a wooden pavilion with a bathhouse on the Verlengde Badhuisstraat, the opening was on July 15 of that year. In 1828, on the initiative of the mayor, a much larger 'Urban bathhouse' in classicist style was built, called Grand Hôtel des Bains after a design by city architect Zeger Reyers. The Municipal Bathhouse was so successful that in 1856 it was decided to expand the bathhouse. In the period from 1884 to 1885, the Kurhaus was built on the same spot. After a fierce fire, it was rebuilt between 1886 and 1887. It was designed by German architects Johann Friedrich Henkenhaf and Friedrich Ebert. From 1858-1882 François Gerard Abraham Gevers Deynoot was mayor of The Hague. The square in front of the Kurhaus was named after him in 1891.

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