Hotel Blauer Engel hosts seminars, training sessions, product launches and weddings for up to 60 people in five daylit meeting rooms. The hotel stands on the Altmarkt in the center of Aue, in the town of Aue-Bad Schlema in the Saxon Ore Mountains. It claims a tradition dating back to 1663 and is run today by the Unger family, with 39 bedrooms, several restaurants, one of the smallest breweries in Saxony and a spa.
Seminars and company events
The meeting rooms sit apart from the hotel's guest areas and receive daylight. The hotel suggests them for training, presentations and product launches. Conference packages and a technical equipment list are available, and the hotel takes requests through a dedicated conference form. For an evening program, groups can book a beer seminar in the in-house brewery, visit the beer museum or reserve the bowling alley.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel offers full wedding planning, with on-site meetings about the menu, drinks and decoration. A sparkling wine reception can take place on the Altmarkt in front of the hotel or in the lobby, depending on the weather. Head chef Benjamin Unger bakes the wedding cake. Local customs are part of the offer: the couple can ring a small handmade bell in the onion-domed tower, saw a log together or cut out a heart. The team can also arrange music, a carriage, fireworks, video and tents, and caters weddings held elsewhere. A children's playroom keeps younger guests busy, and a rose suite is available for the couple.
Rooms and capacities
The largest room is the Schatulle, 85 square meters, for 60 people in rows or classroom style and 40 in a U-shape. Salon Schnorr can be used whole, at 107 square meters, for up to 60 in rows and 40 classroom style, or split into a large part of 72 square meters for up to 40 and a small part of 35 square meters for up to 16. Salon Lotter, 28 square meters, takes up to 16. All rooms have a ceiling height of 3.10 meters and daylight, and the Salons can be darkened.
Accommodation
The hotel has 39 non-smoking rooms in Komfort, Superior and Deluxe categories. Guests can use the spa area with sauna and whirlpool.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The restaurants include St. Andreas for fine dining, the Tausendgüldenstube, a wine room and the Salons, and the hotel is a member of the Jeunes Restaurateurs. The brewery Lotters Wirtschaft serves its own beer, and the hotel's catering service also works outside the house.
History and setting
The hotel was privatized in 1990 and 1991 and joined the Flair hotel group in 1993. The brewery opened in 2001, followed by the beer museum and a glass-walled brewhouse in 2008. The period facade with its onion-domed turret was restored in 2003, and the St. Andreas and Tausendgüldenstube restaurants were renewed in 2017.
Getting there
Aue lies south of Zwickau and Chemnitz. The postal address is Altmarkt 1, 08280 Aue-Bad Schlema, and the address for navigation is Schneeberger Straße 6. During flood-protection work the hotel car park is closed, and free parking is available at Marie-Müller-Straße 4-6.
