Hotel Schloss Hornberg hosts conferences for up to 100 participants and banquets, company parties and weddings for up to 150 guests, with 38 bedrooms on site. The three-star hotel stands on the castle hill above Hornberg, a small town in the Gutach valley in the Black Forest, in a park around the old keep at the edge of the forest.
Seminars and company events
Three meeting rooms range from 25 to 180 square meters. All have daylight and current conference technology, and the hotel gives 100 participants as its upper limit for a conference. The spread of sizes works for a plenary session in the large room with breakout groups in the two smaller ones.
The day package covers a morning coffee break with pastries, lunch as a three-course set menu or, from 30 people, as a buffet, an afternoon break with cake, and the standard technical equipment. Company parties and Christmas parties are booked through the banquet team.
For the evening or a team afternoon, the hotel runs group programs drawn from local tradition: a staged prologue of the Hornberger Schießen, a guided walk over the castle hill, archery with knight games, and a torchlit hike that ends with a drink around a fire basket.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, milestone birthdays and anniversaries take place in five event rooms that together hold up to 150 guests. When the weather allows, the park around the castle ruin can be used for an open-air reception. A banquet folder with the options can be downloaded from the hotel's site.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel names three of its five banquet spaces. The cellar vaults and the rock grotto give a rustic, historic setting that suits a medieval-style dinner. The Spiegelsaal, or Mirror Hall, is the formal room for a wedding dinner or a gala. The Bruno von Hornberg room serves smaller private groups and is the part of the castle restaurant with the best view. Capacities per room are not published, so ask the hotel which space matches your guest count.
Accommodation
There are 38 bedrooms in five categories: standard, standard deluxe, comfort, superior and tower rooms. Several face the Gutach valley. A residential seminar or a wedding weekend can therefore keep most guests on the hill.
Catering
The castle kitchen runs the restaurant and the hotel's Rittermahl, a knight's banquet served in medieval style. Piano music plays in the restaurant on Saturday evenings. Through the year the house also stages themed dinner shows and a New Year's Eve ball. The restaurant closes for a winter break, which ran until March 5, 2026 last season, so check dates for events planned in January or February.
History and setting
The hotel speaks of some 900 years of history on the site. The castle rises high above the valley floor and the town, with the medieval keep at the center of its park. Hornberg is known across Germany for the Hornberger Schießen, a local tale of a ceremonial salute that went wrong, which the hotel now plays out for groups.
Getting there
The address is Auf dem Schlossberg 1, 78132 Hornberg. Hornberg station lies on the Black Forest Railway between Offenburg and Konstanz, in the valley below the castle. Ask the hotel about the drive up the hill for groups arriving by train.
