Hotel Eisenhut hosts meetings for groups of up to 200 people, banquets of up to 140 in its Rittersaal, company parties and weddings, with 75 bedrooms on site. The hotel fills four patrician houses from the 15th and 16th centuries on Herrngasse, inside the city walls of Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
Seminars and company events
The hotel lists meeting rooms for groups from a small meeting to 200 people. Salon Churchill and Salon Erich Kästner both come with a flipchart, lectern, facilitation kit, multimedia connection, screen and projector, and the Kästner room covers 200 m². The Ratszimmer, in the Klassikhaus across from the main building, takes up to 14 for a board meeting, with projector and screen. Wi-Fi is free throughout. Day packages include a coffee break and either a plated main course or a multi-course menu. Christmas parties, summer parties and company anniversaries are part of the regular programme, and the medieval town around the hotel gives a walking break between sessions.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings take place in the historic event rooms, from a drinks reception to a seated dinner in the Patriziersaal or the Rittersaal. Menus and buffets are composed with the kitchen, with vegetarian, vegan and allergy-friendly options, finger food, midnight snacks and a children's menu. Couples often take photos along the city wall and on the squares of the old town.
Rooms and capacities
Rittersaal: the largest event room, up to 140 guests. Erich Kästner: 200 m², meetings and events. Patriziersaal: dinners and receptions. Salon Churchill: smaller meetings, celebrations and company events. Agnes Stüberl: small parties and family gatherings. Ratszimmer: up to 14 for meetings.
Accommodation
The 75 rooms are spread over ten categories, from Klassik doubles and single rooms to Premium and Superior rooms facing the old town or the Tauber valley, plus a room called Taubenschlag. A seminar group or a wedding party can therefore stay in the same building as the event.
Catering
The kitchen prepares Franconian regional menus as well as Bavarian and Italian buffets. The house has several dining rooms: the Rittersaal for breakfast, the Agnes Stüberl, the Weinwirtschaft, the Pirner Bibliothek, a panoramic terrace and Paula's beer garden.
History and setting
Georg Andreas Eisenhut opened a wine tavern here in 1890 to serve wines from the Tauber valley. From 1924, Georg and Paula Pirner built it into one of Germany's leading hotels, among the first in the area with running water and electricity. Winston Churchill, Theodor Heuss, Willy Brandt and Erich Kästner stayed here. The Arvena group added conference facilities after 2006. Following a closure during the pandemic, brothers Christian and Andreas von Oven took over in 2021 and renovated the hotel.
Getting there
The hotel stands on Herrngasse in the center of the old town, inside the walls. Rothenburg ob der Tauber has its own railway station, and the hotel's event team answers questions on access and parking for groups.
