Hotel & Restaurant Fliegerheim hosts seminars, company dinners and weddings for up to 70 guests, with hotel rooms on site for groups who stay overnight. The family-run house stands in Borkheide, a village in Brandenburg between Beelitz, Werder and Ludwigsfelde, southwest of Berlin, close to the local station.
Seminars and company events
The large hall works as a conference room with technical equipment during the day and turns into a banquet room for an evening menu. Seating is agreed with each group, with round tables and sound equipment among the options, and a wide gate lets vehicles drive straight into the hall, which suits product presentations. Breaks take place in a dedicated area and in the adjoining garden, and meals can be served in a different room from the meeting so the set-up stays in place. The hotel provides conference packages and seating plans on request.
Weddings and receptions
Couples marry at the registry office or church and arrive at the Fliegerheim for the reception, if they wish in one of the family's vintage cars: a 1936 DKW F7, a 1929 Ford Model A or a 1989 Trabant. Guests can be welcomed outdoors with sparkling wine or with coffee and cake. The paneled dance hall seats up to 70, the Kaminzimmer up to 50 for a smaller wedding, and the garden 50 to 60 depending on the table layout. The couple receives an overnight package, and breakfast or a relaxed brunch is served the next morning. The house also hosts birthdays, anniversaries and Jugendweihe celebrations.
Rooms and capacities
The Großer Saal, also called the Festsaal, holds up to 70 guests. The Kaminrestaurant takes up to 50, the Wintergarten up to 30 and the Fliegerzimmer, the former village shop, up to 10. Outdoors, the terrace by the pond seats up to 50 and the garden up to 70.
Accommodation
The hotel offers single rooms of about 14 square meters, double rooms of 24 to 26 square meters and family rooms with two separate bedrooms and two bathrooms. Rooms have box-spring beds, a desk and free Wi-Fi. The breakfast buffet is served in the winter garden, the restaurant or on the terrace depending on the season.
Catering
The kitchen cooks regional dishes from the Fläming area, from multi-course menus to coffee and cake. The restaurant holds the DEHOGA Brandenburg quality seal and was named Gastgeber des Jahres 2021 in the Brandenburger Gastlichkeit awards.
History and setting
Antonie Mitternacht built an inn with rooms at Bork station in 1899. It took the name Fliegerheim from the flight students who lodged there after the aviation pioneer Hans Grade opened Germany's first flying school in Bork in 1910. The Rüde-Mösenthin family bought the building in 1921. Stephan Rüde-Mösenthin bought it back in 1990, restored it from old plans and photographs, and reopened it on March 29, 1991. Gründerzeit furniture and historic propellers decorate the rooms.
Getting there
Borkheide station is nearby and step-free, within the Berlin-Brandenburg VBB fare zone, and the hotel gives about 20 minutes by train to Potsdam. The Europaradweg R1 cycle route runs through the village, and two charging points serve electric cars.
