Blau-Gold-Haus

Two buildings from the Gründerzeit era once stood on this spot. The first was a mansion erected in 1843 on the south side as a home and business premises for the banker Simon Oppenheim. When the surrounding complex was demolished from November 1886 onward to give the cathedral more open space, the Oppenheim mansion at Domkloster 2 was the only part left standing.

In 1892 the perfume manufacturer Ferdinand Mülhens had architect Wilhelm Kurth convert the mansion into a 65-room hotel. Opened on 2 November 1893, it first bore the name "Großer Kurfürst"; after a remodelling in 1905 it was simply called the "Savoy-Hotel". A demolition bomb destroyed the building during the Second World War, and it was taken down in 1950.

Although 4711's company headquarters moved to Glockengasse 4 in October 1964, the new building on the prominent southern cathedral plaza was meant to serve as an advertising landmark aimed above all at tourists. A 4711 shop existed only in the early years; today the premises house stores such as Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Longchamp. After renovations in 1979 and 1991, the building has been a listed monument since 18 June 1991.

Since January 2010 the Blau-Gold-Haus has belonged to the pension fund of the Bavarian municipalities, which also owns the neighbouring Dom-Hotel. Between June 2010 and August 2012 it was gutted and redesigned under architect Johannes Kister. From the second upper floor onward, 42 suites were created for the Dom-Hotel, including an 88 m² "Presidential Suite" on the fourth floor. The refurbishment earned the building a special award from the Federal Ministry of Building and the German Steel Construction association in 2012.