Hotel Jagdschloss Kranichstein hosts conferences of up to 165 people in rows, banquets of up to 130, hybrid events and weddings, with open-air receptions of up to 1,000 in its courtyard and 48 bedrooms on site. The hotel occupies a Renaissance hunting lodge at Kranichsteiner Straße 261, on the northern edge of Darmstadt in the Rhine-Main region.
Seminars and company events
The Schlosssaal, 200 m², is the plenary room: 165 in rows, 70 classroom style, 45 in a U or at a block table, 54 in a circle of chairs and 150 standing. The Blauer Salon, 80 m², takes 60 in rows or 36 classroom style. The Boardroom and the Landgraf Ludwig rooms, each about 30 m², seat 12 at a block table for workshops and breakouts. All conference rooms are equipped with an AI speech-translation system that interprets talks live into most spoken languages. For hybrid formats, the hotel runs a digital event platform with live polls, participant chat, a virtual backstage and parallel sessions. Meetings booked together with overnight stays come with special conditions.
Weddings and receptions
Since August 2025, civil weddings can be held in the Blauer Salon and the Rondellsaal, with dates assigned by the Darmstadt registry office. The Renaissance Schlosskapelle hosts church ceremonies for about 70 to 80 guests. A champagne reception follows in the castle courtyard, and the wedding dinner seats up to 110 in the Schlosssaal or 50 in the Blauer Salon. The castle park, with the Backhausteich pond, gives space for photographs and a walk between courses.
Rooms and capacities
Schlosssaal (200 m², 165 in rows, 130 banquet). Blauer Salon (80 m², 60 in rows or banquet). Boardroom (30 m², 12). Landgraf Ludwig I (29 m², 12) and Landgraf Ludwig II (30 m², 12). Kapelle (72 m², up to 80). Parforcehof courtyard (700 m², up to 1,000). Schlosspark (3,500 m²).
Accommodation
The 48 rooms and suites are spread over the main house, the Zeughaus, the park wing and the Kavaliersbau, from Classic rooms to the Suite Diana. Breakfast is served the morning after a wedding.
Catering
Restaurant Kavaliersbau is the hotel's gourmet restaurant, the bar and bistro serves quicker meals, and the castle terrace opens in good weather. Meeting breaks, dinners and wedding menus come from the hotel's own kitchen, with the wedding cake made to order.
History and setting
Around 1580, Landgrave Georg I of Hesse-Darmstadt turned a farm estate into a three-winged Renaissance hunting lodge. Later landgraves held Parforce hunts here, Ludwig VIII made it his main residence, and Grand Duke Ludwig III gave it its Neo-Renaissance look in the mid-19th century; Queen Victoria was among the visitors. A hunting museum opened in 1917. After restoration from 1988 to 1998, the lodge reopened as a hotel in 2014.
Getting there
Free parking lies directly in front of the hotel. Darmstadt is reached by car, train or plane from across the Rhine-Main region, and Frankfurt Airport is the nearest airport.
