Seminars and company events
Das Marienhöh in Langweiler hosts seminars, strategy meetings, kick-offs, incentives and company parties for up to 100 people, and participants sleep on site. The hotel occupies a former convent in the Hunsrück, next to the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park, on grounds of about 30,000 m².
Four meeting rooms with daylight sit on an event floor with balconies, and the former convent chapel, Ecclesia, takes the largest groups. A dedicated conference supervisor looks after each group from the first coffee to the close. The meeting package includes a projector with screen or a flat screen, a flipchart, a pinboard, unlimited coffee, tea and mineral water, and snacks in the meeting bistro in front of the room. For the evening, the team suggests programs such as bowling or karaoke, and the chapel can turn into a party room with a bar and a DJ for a Christmas or company celebration. On request, the whole hotel can be hired exclusively.
Weddings and receptions
The registry office of the Herrstein-Rhaunen national park municipality has a branch at the hotel, so couples marry legally in the Ecclesia chapel. Free ceremonies take place in the chapel or in the private garden. After the ceremony, the chapel becomes the banquet hall for up to 100 guests, and the combinable banquet rooms with balconies seat up to 75 when the weather turns. Smaller weddings of up to 20 can dine in the Jagdstube. Three fixed-price wedding packages start from 25 guests, and a wedding suite with a view over the valley is kept for the couple.
Rooms and capacities
Ecclesia, the nuns' former prayer room, measures 155 m² with a 7 m ceiling and a stage area of about 65 m²; it seats 100 theater style, 48 in classroom layout or 30 in a U-shape. Civitas (100 m²) combines Silentium and Veritas for 78 theater style or 48 in classroom layout. Modus (50 m²) takes 36, Veritas (60 m²) 30 and Silentium (40 m²) 24, all theater style. For dinners and parties, ten spaces range from the Wohnzimmer lounge for 10 to the chapel for 100, with the Seeterrasse and the private garden taking 50 each outdoors.
Accommodation
Guests stay in six categories of rooms and suites, from 20 m² Comfort rooms to maisonette suites of about 45 and 60 m², and in private chalets above the hotel, each with 60 m² for up to four people. Spa access is included for all hotel guests: 1,500 m² with an indoor pool, saunas and a relaxation room, plus a gym. The hotel is open all year.
Catering
The kitchen cooks regional and seasonal food, from the meeting lunch to the wedding menu. The restaurant 1854 is led by chef Felix Heylmann, and business dinners can be served in a private room with wine pairing. Wedding packages include a gala buffet and a drinks package.
History and setting
The house was built as a children's home in the early 20th century and was bought by the city of Oberhausen in 1927. From 1951 the Catholic order of the Marienschwestern ran it and expanded it, and the last service in the chapel was held on June 7, 2004. Das Marienhöh opened as a hotel on May 1, 2009. The chapel, a small, tall basilica with a bell tower reached through three doors from the cloister, remains, along with the cloister garden and a terrace looking over the valley and the Steinbach lake.
Getting there
The hotel is about 50 minutes by car from Trier, about 1 h 30 from Luxembourg City, Frankfurt, Mainz and Wiesbaden, and about 2 hours from Cologne. The nearest station is Idar-Oberstein, linked to Langweiler by bus line 845. Parking is on site, with 11 kW charging points by the main entrance.
