The Grenzhof hosts seminars, team days, company parties, family celebrations and weddings, with seminar rooms in the main house and the Scheune8 barn for up to 150 guests. The hotel and restaurant sit in the hamlet of Grenzhof, part of the city of Heidelberg, in a rural setting with free parking and good road links.
Seminars and company events
The main house offers several seminar rooms, the Wilhelmstube, Emmastube and Katharinenstube, plus a setting called Im Grünen. The rooms take daylight, can be combined to match the size of the group and come with conference technology and free Wi-Fi. Meeting packages are available. For breaks and team activities, the hotel can arrange games on its boule court, in the park and at the table tennis tables. Christmas parties are booked from November onward, and the restaurant is open for lunch on weekdays, which keeps a working day simple.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a large part of the house's activity. Couples can choose between the rooms of the main house for smaller parties, the Kastaniengarten, a chestnut garden for outdoor receptions, and the Scheune8 for larger events. The barn is a listed former distillery and has hosted weddings since 2015. The house runs a wedding fair and publishes a yearly wedding package. Pets are not allowed at events.
Rooms and capacities
The Scheune8 is the largest space, with up to 150 guests. The seminar rooms in the main house are sized for smaller groups and can be joined. The site does not publish individual capacities for the Wilhelmstube, Emmastube, Katharinenstube or the garden, so organizers should ask for figures with their layout.
Accommodation
The hotel has country-style rooms and themed rooms, along with a fireplace lounge, a winter garden and a breakfast room with an open show kitchen. Reception is open daily from 7 am to midnight, with shorter hours on Sundays and public holidays.
Catering
The kitchen is led by chef Sebastian Andrée. The restaurant serves a lunch buffet or lunch menu on weekdays, a café and aperitif lounge in the afternoon and a dinner menu from Monday to Saturday. Seasonal events such as a Martinmas goose dinner and a New Year's Eve barn ball show the range of the team.
History and setting
The Grenzhof appears in the Lorsch Codex in 771 under the name Gerinesheim. Over the centuries it passed through religious and noble owners before tenant farmers bought their land in the late 19th century, and it became part of Heidelberg in 1934. The Kaiser family turned a farm inn into a recognized restaurant from 1963, and the fourth generation now runs the house. The family still distills its own fruit brandies.
Getting there
The address is Grenzhof 9, 69123 Heidelberg. The hamlet lies in open countryside within the city limits, with good road access and free parking on site.
