Hotel & Spa Wasserschloss Westerburg hosts seminars, banquets of up to 50 guests, medieval dinners and weddings with a legal ceremony in its own chapel, and has 57 bedrooms inside the castle. The moated castle stands at Westerburg 34 in Dedeleben, part of the municipality of Huy, in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt.
Seminars and company events
Two seminar rooms, Halberstadt (53 m²) and Westerburg (48 m²), are separated by a movable wall and open into one room of 101 m². The Fürstensaal and the Spiegelsaal can be combined for a larger session or dinner, and the Gräfliche Amtsstube with its winter garden suits a board meeting of up to 20. The restaurant Marie Pauline handles business lunches, banquets and gala dinners, while the Ritterkeller, a former brewhouse, takes evening events of up to 45. Free guided castle tours run on weekend mornings, and the hotel's own programme of concerts and themed dinners can fill an evening for a group.
Weddings and receptions
The Schlosskapelle is registered as a branch of the Huy registry office, so civil ceremonies take place inside the castle. Couples book the date with the registry first, then reserve with the hotel. Non-legal ceremonies are held too, and the hotel lays the festive table, with classic white-linen settings on request. In good weather, receptions move to the inner courtyard and the castle terrace.
Rooms and capacities
Halberstadt (53 m²) and Westerburg (48 m²), combinable to 101 m². Fürstensaal (63 m², up to 50). Spiegelsaal (72 m², up to 36). Gräfliche Amtsstube and winter garden (38 m² plus 22 m², up to 20). Restaurant Marie Pauline, a vaulted former stable hall (up to 50). Ritterkeller (up to 45). Inner courtyard and castle terrace for open-air use.
Accommodation
The hotel has 57 rooms and suites in four categories: themed rooms, First Class, comfort rooms and suites. Overnight guests can use the Galerie Spa, with a heated indoor pool, a whirlpool, the Blaue Lagune with two saunas and a Kneipp basin, and a fitness room. The building has no lift and most rooms are reached by stairs, which matters for guests with reduced mobility.
Catering
The kitchen serves breakfast, lunch, afternoon coffee and cake, and dinner in two sittings, and prepares banquet menus for the event rooms. Medieval feasts in the Ritterkeller run in the evening.
History and setting
The castle was first recorded in 1180, when the Counts of Regenstein expanded it into a fortress, and it is a stop on the Romanesque Road. Its keep rises 33 m, the chapel dates from 1681, and the Fürstensaal, more than 400 years old, is one of the few late-Baroque castle halls in Saxony-Anhalt. It has operated as a four-star superior hotel since 2000.
Getting there
By car, leave the A2 at Helmstedt and follow the B 244, or come from the A7 via Goslar and Wernigerode. Free parking for cars and coaches lies in front of the castle. By train, travel to Halberstadt, then take the hourly bus 214 to the Westerburg Burg stop.
