Nimród Hotel, Dobogókő, Hungary /// 2020.03.21. @Ati @Berni RATING: ✪✪✪ DIFFICULTY: easy SIZE: 1 building

23:00 15th January 2022 Published by Attila Deák

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This hotel was burnt down several years ago, the reason is still unknown. The roof of the hotel is completely burnt out, which is why the lower levels are in poorer condition year after year, as the weather on the top of the mountain is very bad. Hotel Nimród, built-in 1971 on the highest point of the Pilis Mountains, in Dobogókő, Hungary awaited those wishing to relax and go on excursions with panoramic rooms, a cozy restaurant, a swimming pool, and a sauna. It’s a really interesting urbex location, the hotel has got two big pools, a large dining area, a lot of corridors and rooms of the stuff and dozens of burnt hotel rooms.

Nimród Hotel, Dobogókő, Hungary /// 2020.03.21. @Ati @Berni RATING: ✪✪✪ DIFFICULTY: easy SIZE: 1 building

23:00 15th January 2022 Published by Attila Deák

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This hotel was burnt down several years ago, the reason is still unknown. The roof of the hotel is completely burnt out, which is why the lower levels are in poorer condition year after year, as the weather on the top of the mountain is very bad. Hotel Nimród, built-in 1971 on the highest point of the Pilis Mountains, in Dobogókő, Hungary awaited those wishing to relax and go on excursions with panoramic rooms, a cozy restaurant, a swimming pool, and a sauna. It’s a really interesting urbex location, the hotel has got two big pools, a large dining area, a lot of corridors and rooms of the stuff and dozens of burnt hotel rooms.

LOCATION

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THE STORY

The background story of the Hotel Nimród:

Hotel Nimród, built-in 1971 on the highest point of the Pilis Mountains, in Dobogókő, Hungary awaited those wishing to relax and go on excursions with panoramic rooms, a cozy restaurant, a swimming pool, and a sauna until 2009. It was once a real luxury hotel with an amazing panorama, a cozy restaurant, a sauna and a swimming pool, rooms with cable TV, a telephone, and a minibar, and today one of the shameful and life-threatening walls of the Pilis Mountains.

In 1971, the then pride of Dobogókő, the 4000sqm Hotel Nimród, which had been a popular holiday destination for decades, was handed over to its destination. The hostel was built to serve some of the guests in connection with the largest and first world hunting exhibition of all time held in Budapest that year.

Nimrod was a luxury hotel in its day. It was one of the first in Hungary to have a separate bathroom, a hotel with a sauna, a swimming pool, panoramic all-comfort rooms, and an excellent kitchen.

The luxury hotel was not spared the 2008 economic crisis. Although there was talk of the building being converted into a workers’ hostel by the Suzuki factory in Esztergom, the hostel closed in 2009.

As is usually the case with abandoned buildings, they will be looted by strangers within a few years. Mostly as a result of this fracture-crushing, it succeeds in becoming a real spirit of the place, as has happened in the case of Nimrod.

In addition, in 2017, the hotel caught fire in mysterious, as yet unclear circumstances. Although the fire was put out, it didn’t help the building: 80 percent of the roof structure and top floor burned down, and the former luxury hotel has since stood still.

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Hotel Nimród is located on the highest point of the Visegrád Mountains, in Dobogókő, at an altitude of almost 700 meters.
The hotel was built in 1971 and was open until 2009. Panoramic rooms, a cozy restaurant, a swimming pool, a sauna awaited those who wish to relax and hike in its heyday. After closing, they broke into the uninhabited building several times and then burned down in the summer of 2017. On the day of the fire, the news was as follows:

“The Nimrod hotel in Dobogókő, which had been empty for more than eight years, caught fire. It was the seventh building in the area to burn unexpectedly in three months. Locals are sure someone set it on fire. The hotel would have been converted into a nursing home. The roof of the former hotel on the podium burns 80 percent of the roof structure and the upper level, which means 1,500 square meters. Origo told him the hotel hadn’t been in operation since January 1, 2009. There was a fire in an emergency stairwell, there was nothing that could have caught fire. something broke out. They broke into it a lot of times, most recently they wanted to steal a copper rod from there. ”
Although experts are still investigating the cause of the fire, if one can believe the spokesman for the hotel owner, who said there was nothing that could have set fire to the stairwell, it is possible that someone actually set fire to the Nimrod hotel. But that’s just an assumption for now.

It is now open, with windows without glass, shattered, burned, looted. What will be his fate? In some rooms you can still find the furnishings, curtains on the window, just broken, disassembled, damaged.

The building is currently owned by the Nimrod Senior House Foundation. The fate of Nimrod may be settled soon. It is planned to be used as a nursing home, but the start of work will also depend on the outcome of an ongoing mortgage lawsuit, in which a decision will be made shortly.

Work can start in the spring of 2022 at the latest, and the building can be renovated with an investment of about 600 million HUF (2 million EUR). It is envisaged that the buildings next to the former hotel would also be included in the project, with service rooms set up in them.

🇭🇺 The story of Nimród Hotel in Hungarian language:

A Pilis-hegység legmagasabb pontján, Dobogókőn 1971-ben épült Hotel Nimród egészen 2009-ig panorámás szobákkal, hangulatos étteremmel, uszodával, szaunával várta a pihenni, kirándulni vágyókat. A maga korában igazi luxushotel volt bámulatos panorámával, hangulatos étteremmel, szaunával és uszodával, kábeltelevízióval, telefonnal és minibárral felszerelt szobákkal, ma a Pilis-hegység egyik szégyenfoltja düledező és életveszélyes falaival.

1971-ben adták át rendeltetésének Dobogókő akkori büszkeségét, a Hotel Nimródot, amely évtizedeken át kedvelt pihenőhelynek számított. A szállót az abban az évben Budapesten rendezett, minden idők legnagyobb és első vadászati világkiállításához kapcsolódva építették a vendégek egy részének kiszolgálására.

A Nimród a maga korában luxusszállónak számított. Magyarországon az elsők között itt tartozott a szobákhoz külön fürdőszoba, a hotel szaunával, uszodával, panorámás összkomfortos szobákkal és kiváló konyhával várta a Pilisbe látogatókat.

A luxusszállót a 2008-as gazdasági válság nem kímélte. Bár szó volt arról, hogy az épületet az esztergomi Suzuki gyár munkásszállóvá alakítja át, de ez nem történt meg, a szálló 2009-ben bezárt.

Ahogy az általában az elhagyatott épületekkel lenni szokott, néhány éven belül ismeretlenek kifosztják. Többnyire ez a törés-zúzás következtében ez úgy sikerül, hogy valóságos szellemtanya válik az adott helyből, mint történt ez a Nimród esetében is.

2017-ben ráadásul a hotel rejtélyes, máig nem tisztázott körülmények között kigyulladt. Bár a tüzet megfékezték, de ez az épületen nem segített: a tetőszerkezet és a felső szint 80 százaléka leégett, az egykori luxusszállóban azóta mintha megállt volna az idő.

A Visegrádi-hegység legmagasabb pontján, Dobogókőn áll a Hotel Nimród, majdnem 700 méter magasságban.
A szálloda 1971-ben épült, 2009-ig várta a pihenni vágyókat. Panorámás szobák, hangulatos étterem, uszoda, szauna, várta a pihenni, kirándulni vágyókat fénykorában. Bezárása után többször betörtek a lakatlan épületbe, majd 2017 nyarán leégett. A tűzeset napján így szóltak a híradások:

“Kigyulladt a több mint nyolc éve üresen álló Nimród hotel Dobogókőn. A térségben három hónap alatt ez volt a hetedik épület, ami váratlanul leégett. A helyiek biztosak abban, hogy valaki felgyújtotta mindet. A hotelt idősek otthonává alakították volna át. Hatalmas lángokkal égett délelőtt az egykori szálloda épülete dobogókőn. 80 százalékban égett a tetőszerkezet illetve a felső szint, ez 1500 négyzetmétert jelent. Veszélyes anyag nem került a levegőbe, a tűz keletkezésének okát még vizsgálják a szakemberek. A tűz nem terjedt át a fákra. A szálloda tulajdonosának képviselője az Origonak azt mondta, 2009 január 1-je óta nem működik a hotel. Egy vészlépcsőházban ütött ki a tűz, ott nem volt semmi, ami meggyulladhatott volna. Két-három havonta mindig voltak betörések, az is lehet, hogy valaki itt dohányzott, és attól gyulladt fel valami. Nagyon sokszor törtek be oda, legutóbb egy réz rudat akartak ellopni onnan. ”
Bár a szakértők még vizsgálják a tűz okát, ha lehet hinni a hotel tulajdonos szóvivőjének, aki szerint nem volt semmi, ami meggyulladhatott volna a lépcsőházban, nem kizárt, hogy valaki tényleg felgyújtotta a Nimród hotelt. De ez egyelőre csak feltételezés.

Mára nyitott ajtókkal, üvegek nélküli ablakokkal, szétverve, leégve, kifosztva áll. Vajon mi lesz a sorsa? Néhány szobában még megtalálhatóak a berendezési tárgyak, függönyök az ablakon, csak éppen széttörve, szétszedve, megrongálva.

Az épület jelenleg a Nimród Senior Ház Alapítvány tulajdonában van. A Nimród sorsa hamarosan rendeződhet. A tervek szerint idősotthonként hasznosítják, de a munkálatok kezdete egy jelenleg tartó jelzálogjogvita bírósági eljárásának eredményétől is függ, melyben rövid időn belül megszületik a döntés

Legkésőbb 2022 tavaszán indulhat a munka, mintegy 600 milliós beruházásban újulhat meg az épület. Az elképzelések szerint a volt szálloda mellett lévő épületeket is bevonnák a projektbe, azokban alakítanák ki a kiszolgálóhelységeket.

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Interesting articles about the Nimród Hotel in Hungarian language:

The original Advertisement for the Hotel:

Hotel Nimrod is currently closed. If you are looking for accommodation of a similar type and category, ask for an offer and we will inform you about the options.

Hotel Nimród is located at the highest point of Dobogókő, which dominates the Pilis Mountains. Just 30 km from the border of Budapest, the hotel offers the undisturbed tranquility and beauty of an unspoiled natural environment while staying in touch with the bustling life of the capital. Hotel Nimród is easily accessible by car from Budapest, Szentendre, Visegrád, and Esztergom, but there are also regular bus connections to the surrounding settlements.

Hotel Nimrod offers favorable opportunities for travelers who want to relax and for participants and organizers of social or business events, but the hotel also offers numerous great programs for sports lovers, hikers, and fans of a healthy lifestyle. Hotel Nimrod is a starting point and destination for various forest tours. From the park of the hotel, there are scenic hiking trails to the natural wonders of the Pilis Mountains and the famous excursion places of the area – Ram Gorge, Moonflowers, Lajosforrás, Preaching Chair. Lovers of winter sports can enjoy the downhill skiing track, a toboggan run, and cross-country ski runs for lovers of cross-country skiing.

Hotel Nimrod does not remain indebted to those who enjoy gastronomic delights. In addition to the special game specialties of its restaurant, the delicacies of international cuisine are not missing from the menu. We also offer unique menu combinations for excursion groups and conference guests.

All rooms are equipped with a comfortable bathroom, a television, and a telephone with color satellite programs, and some of our rooms and apartments also have a minibar.

The smooth running of conferences, business meetings, educational programs, training can be flexibly adapted to different sizes (1 for 150-200 people, 1 for 100-150 people, 3 for 20-50 people): television, video, video projector, overhead projector, slide projector, flipchart, speakerphone, and interpreter.

The hotel’s swimming pool has a large swimming pool, a children’s pool, 2 saunas, a solarium, and a well-equipped fitness room. An outdoor tennis court is also available for active recreation. A special entrance ramp and lift help our older or disabled guests to relax.