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Häcker's Grandhotel Bad Ems
& Spielbank Bad Ems
The former Kurhaus of 1711 and the Kursaal with the casino form one ensemble on the river Lahn – about 3 minutes on foot.
The hotel
The grand hotel is Bad Ems' former Kurhaus, a building dating from 1711; it took its present form in 1912–1913. In front of it, King Wilhelm I met the French ambassador Benedetti on 13 July 1870 – the prelude to the “Ems Dispatch”. The hotel is run by the Häcker family, with the restaurant “Benedetti” and its own thermal pool.
- Address
- Römerstraße 1–3, 56130 Bad Ems
- Website
- haeckers-grandhotel.com/de
- Spa
- Thermal pool at 32 °C, “Kaisergarten” sauna area, Ayurveda
The casino
The casino is in the neighbouring Kursaal. Roulette is the live game, alongside around 60 slot machines. The casino calls itself Germany's oldest: in 1720 a room in the then new Kurhaus was first leased for gaming.
- Address
- Römerstraße 8 (im Kursaal), 56130 Bad Ems
- Website
- spielbank-badems.de
- Operator
- Spielbank Mainz GmbH & Co. KG
- Games
- Roulette, about 60 slots
- Minimum age
- 18
- ID
- photo ID recognised in Germany (ID card, passport)
- Dress
- neat; no workwear, no sleeveless shirts, no headwear; men closed shoes
- Entry
- not stated on the website – please ask
- Opening hours
- Slots from 1 pm, roulette from 7 pm – please check the website
Getting there
Bad Ems station is about 330 m away, around 5 minutes on foot.
Good to know
Since 2021, Bad Ems has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage site “Great Spa Towns of Europe”, together with Baden-Baden and Bad Kissingen.
If you would rather stay at the thermal baths: the Emser ThermenHotel has a bathrobe corridor to the Emser Therme but is about 1 km from the casino (around 15 minutes on foot).
This is not a page of the hotel or the casino. Bookings and enquiries only directly with each venue. All information without guarantee. Times and prices change – please check the official websites before you go.
Sources
- https://haeckers-grandhotel.com/de
- https://haeckers-grandhotel.com/de/home/philosophie--geschichte/
- https://spielbank-badems.de/
- https://spielbank-badems.de/ueber-uns/
- https://www.emser-thermenhotel.de/
As of: October 2026