Historic hotel and gathering place for people from near and far

Welcome to Hotel Saxkjøbing

Behind the old front door, a nice and quiet world awaits. Here, time passes a little slower, and you will find peace for contemplation. The walls are charmingly crooked, the floors creak, and the smell of well-cooked food mixes with the sound of happy voices from guests and staff.

For centuries, Hotel Saxkjøbing has been a natural and inviting gathering place for people from near and far. The hotel is located in the middle of the town square, close to the fjord and has deep roots in the soil of Lolland. The listed, historic buildings have been carefully restored, so that the restaurant, lounge, banquet hall, courtyard and a number of rooms appear modern and timeless at the same time.

Chef and entrepreneur Claus Meyer took over the hotel in 2006, and our talented and dedicated chefs are responsible for the meals. Our modern kitchen is based on collaborations with the local farms, fishermen and food producers

The story of Hotel Saxkjøbing

For more than 200 years, Hotel Saxkjøbing has been a gathering point for the inhabitants of the small market town of Sakskøbing. As far back as 1835, Hotel Saxkjøbing was awarded the title ‘Royal Privileged Inn’, which gave the inn keeper the right to distil schnapps, brew beer and bake bread. In 2010, the hotel celebrated its 175^th anniversary as a Royal Privileged Inn.

The hotel’s large theatre hall was inaugurated in 1897 and has over the years housed everything from East Prussian refugees in the last days of the war to gymnastics shows, revues and concerts with Sir Henry and Eric Clapton among others – although long before he became famous. The Danish iconic band ‘Gasolin’ has also had dinner in the restaurant and spent a night at the town hotel.

The hotel’s side wing was originally a large horse stable for visitors who were going to visit Sakskøbing during the town’s market days. In the 1950s, the stable was converted into a pub, which was famous and notorious for both hash meat and fights.

Despite several thorough renovations, extensions and modernizations over the years, the building core is still intact, and today the building is listed.

In the early 1970s, when EC membership ensured better earnings for agriculture, Hotel Saxkjøbing experienced a new golden age. In the hotel’s backyard, they expanded (in fashionable 70s-style) with two large banquet rooms and an apartment for the host couple, who were now employers of 18 full-time employees and a large number of casual workers.

However, the good times did not last. Throughout the 1980s, Sakskøbing was slowly depopulated as the town’s industrial port, sugar factory and shipyard were phased out. The hotel was converted into an asylum centre, and a large part of the original furniture of the rooms and restaurant was sold. When the asylum seekers became citizens in the early 1990s, they tried a restaurant and hotel again, but the audience failed despite period furniture and initiatives such as Pool Café and Steakhouse. Soon the restaurant closed, and only the hotel continued a little.

In recent years, the region’s negative trend has once again been reversed, and in the summer of 2006, the hotel’s current owners threw their love on the old hotel with the desire to create a lovely oasis away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The history of Hotel Saxkjøbing is described and published as a book.