The Grand Hotel Heiligendamm hosts conferences, board meetings, incentives, galas, private celebrations and weddings for up to 250 guests, from a working session for ten in a salon with a sea terrace to a reception in the historic ballroom. All event rooms are air-conditioned and have daylight. The hotel occupies the white classicist ensemble of Heiligendamm, part of Bad Doberan on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, founded as Germany's first seaside resort.
Seminars and company events
The meeting rooms sit in the Kurhaus. The Historischer Ballsaal on the ground floor takes 200 in theatre rows and 120 in parliament layout. On the Bel Étage, the Salons Louise I and II combine into 206 m² for 150 in rows, and each of the smaller salons works as a breakout room. Coffee breaks can be held in the garden and the outdoor grounds facing the sea. The hotel promotes its beachfront and the partly untouched coast around it for incentive programs.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel is a branch office of the registry office, so civil ceremonies take place on site. Couples can also marry in the small Waldkapelle in the woods nearby, reached by carriage, on the lawn in front of Burg Hohenzollern, on the beach or on the pier. Receptions take place in the ballroom or in the event rooms of the Strandhotel, which also serve as an indoor option in bad weather or winter. The in-house florist and pastry kitchen supply flowers and the wedding cake, and a wedding suite is available for the night.
Rooms and capacities
Historischer Ballsaal, 250 m²: 250 for a reception, 200 in rows, 160 at a banquet, 120 in parliament layout, 65 in U-shape. Musiksalon, 108 m²: 80 for a reception, 60 in rows, 50 at a banquet. Salons Louise I and II, 206 m² together: 150 for a reception or in rows, 100 at a banquet. Salon Caroline, 65 m², and Salon Friederike, 63 m², each take 40 in rows. Salon Alexandrine, 62 m², has sea views on both sides and a board table for 18. Salon Prof. Dr. Vogel, 52 m², takes 30 for a reception and opens onto a 105 m² terrace facing the sea. In Burg Hohenzollern, the Davidoff Lounge and its terrace host coffee breaks or a barbecue, and the park can take a marquee.
Accommodation
Rooms and suites face either the Baltic or the park. Double rooms measure 30 to 35 m², Deluxe Suites 60 to 80 m², and Junior Suites and Exclusive Suites complete the range, the latter closest to the sea. The spa covers about 3,000 m² with pools, saunas and treatments.
Catering
The kitchen and pastry shop cater all events, with buffets or multi-course menus and vegetarian and vegan options. The Gourmet Restaurant Friedrich Franz, led by Ronny Siewert, is listed in the 2026 Michelin Guide. The Kurhaus Restaurant, a sushi bar and a beach club complete the offer.
History and setting
In 1793, Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin bathed here on the advice of his physician, Samuel Gottlieb Vogel, which marks the founding of the resort. The architects Seydewitz, Severin and Demmler built the ensemble between 1793 and 1870: Haus Mecklenburg in 1796, the Kurhaus in 1816 as a hall for receptions, dances and dinners, Burg Hohenzollern in neo-Gothic style from 1845 to 1848, and the Grand Hotel in 1874. The restored hotel reopened in spring 2003.
Getting there
The address is Prof.-Dr.-Vogel-Straße 6, 18209 Bad Doberan-Heiligendamm. A narrow-gauge steam railway, opened in 1862, still links Bad Doberan with Heiligendamm and Kühlungsborn.
