Bokel-Mühle am See hosts day meetings, residential seminars, weddings and family celebrations for up to 150 guests in eight rooms, most of them with a view of the lake. The boutique hotel stands on the Bokeler See in Bokel, Schleswig-Holstein, about 45 minutes north of Hamburg, and has 42 bedrooms and suites on site.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells two meeting formats. The day package covers the meeting room, standard equipment, drinks, two coffee breaks, a business lunch and homemade cake. The residential package adds a three-course dinner and a night with breakfast. A screen, a flipchart and two pinboards are included in every room, and projectors, moderation kits, extra boards and photocopies can be added. The Werkstatt has a rail system for pinboards and a ceiling screen, suited to workshops. The Kleiner Saal (90 m²) and the Großer Saal (120 m²) look onto the garden and open into a single 200 m² hall for plenary sessions.
Weddings and receptions
Since 1999 the hotel has been an outpost of the Barmstedt registry office, so civil ceremonies can be held on site. Outdoor civil weddings need approval from the registry office, and the weather decision is taken with the hotel by 9 a.m. on the day. Non-religious ceremonies can be held in the Seepavillon, on the Seeterrasse for up to 40 seated guests, or in the Alte-Mühle for up to 80 standing or 34 seated. A church ceremony in the village church is also possible. Wedding packages of seven to ten hours combine food and drinks, and a room for the couple is part of the package. Cakes come from an outside bakery of the couple's choice.
Rooms and capacities
The Seepavillon (150 m²), built on the lake in 1914, holds up to 150 guests and has a veranda and a lake terrace. For weddings the range is 60 to 130 guests in winter and 60 to 150 in summer. The Remise, inside the old water mill, takes 72 guests and has glass doors that open onto the lake. The Alte-Mühle (60 m²) seats 34 among brick walls and mill machinery. The Bibliothek (35 m²) takes 20 people with a direct view of the water and a retractable screen.
Accommodation
The 42 rooms and suites span eight categories, from standard and garden rooms to loft rooms and suites in the former mill with lake views. The suite and the junior suites have freestanding bathtubs. Breakfast is served to hotel guests and can also be booked by outside guests.
Catering
Food is prepared in-house by the hotel restaurant. Family celebrations can be served at the table or as a gala buffet, and drinks packages with a sparkling wine reception are offered. For weddings, afternoon self-service drink stations can be added.
History and setting
The house traces its history to 1880. Over five generations the family has turned a working water mill into a boutique hotel, and the mill buildings, the white lake pavilion of 1914 and the private lake still shape the place.
Getting there
The hotel is at Neel-Greve-Straße 2, 25364 Bokel, about 45 minutes by car north of Hamburg. Hamburg Airport is the nearest international airport.
