Hotel Sandwirth hosts seminars, conferences, presentations, company parties and wedding receptions for up to 200 guests, with four halls, six seminar rooms and three lounges under one roof. The four-star hotel stands on Pernhartgasse in the center of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, the capital of Carinthia, and offers 110 rooms and suites for delegates and guests.
Seminars and company events
Meetings are the core business of the house. The largest hall, Saal Sandwirth, covers 200 square meters and takes 50 to 200 people. Saal Sandwirth I and Saal Wörthersee, 110 square meters each, suit 30 to 110 participants, and Saal Sandwirth II takes 20 to 70. For breakout sessions there are six seminar rooms for 20 to 70 people and three lounges for 10 to 15. A projector, flat screens and sound equipment are supplied on request. The hotel sells seminar packages that bundle room hire, technology and catering at a fixed rate per person, and its supporting program includes team-building activities such as rafting.
Weddings and receptions
The events team organizes company parties, Christmas parties for private and business groups, birthdays and wedding receptions. It helps with the planning and runs the event on the day. With halls, a restaurant and bedrooms in the same building, a dinner, a party and the night's stay all take place on site.
Rooms and capacities
The thirteen spaces range from 16 to 200 square meters. Alte Post I, 35 square meters, takes up to 20 people and Alte Post II, 50 square meters, up to 30. The Klagenfurt room, 70 square meters, takes up to 70, while Klagenfurt I (28 square meters) and Klagenfurt II (45 square meters) take 20 and 35. The Clubraum, 45 square meters, takes up to 40. The Café Lounge and the Literatur Lounge take 15 each, and the Passage takes 10, which suits a board meeting or a day of interviews. Layouts for each room are agreed with the events team.
Accommodation
The hotel has 110 rooms and suites, plus apartments. Palais Musil, a separate building about 300 meters from the main house, adds further rooms for larger groups. Group bookings come with flexible room allocations.
Catering
The café, bar and restaurant serve breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, and full catering is included for events. From September to May a Sunday brunch is served. Seminar packages cover coffee breaks and meals.
History and setting
The house was first recorded in 1658 and became a tavern in 1735, when Franz Anton Rohr von Rohrau bought it. In 1813 Jakob Ulbing gave it the name Sandwirth. The Jamek family ran it for more than a century, until around 2000, and made it a meeting place known for its herring dishes and its Sandwirth pudding. Robert Kanduth took over around 2000 and turned the building into a four-star hotel in 2002. Helvig Kanduth manages it today. The house has a long record as a place for gatherings, conferences and presentations.
Getting there
Klagenfurt main station is about five minutes away by car, and Klagenfurt Airport 10 to 15 minutes. The Koralmbahn rail line links Klagenfurt with Graz and Vienna. By road, Ljubljana airport is about 45 minutes away, Graz about 1 hour 15 minutes and Venice about 2 hours 30 minutes. The hotel has six parking spaces in its rear courtyard, to be booked in advance, and three public garages two to three minutes away on foot.
