The Battenheimer Hof hosts weddings, birthdays, christenings, company parties and meetings for up to 150 guests, with 27 hotel rooms on site. It is a historic farm estate in Bodenheim, a wine village in Rheinhessen just south of Mainz, run by the Nacke family as a country hotel, wine tavern and event venue.
Seminars and company events
Meetings take place in the Eduard-von-Heuss-Saal, about 190 m², which seats up to 70 in theater rows or 45 in a U shape. The Vinothek, about 70 m², and the Kaminzimmer, about 70 m² on the first floor of the former staff house, each take up to 25. The Kaminzimmer has a small Roman-style winter garden for group work and a large anteroom for coffee breaks. Further meeting rooms in the staff house cover groups of 2 to 70 with standard meeting equipment, and Wi-Fi runs across the estate. For a company party, the vaulted Gutsschänke or the hall with its bar and dance floor takes over in the evening.
Weddings and receptions
The estate presents itself as a small piece of Tuscany in Rheinhessen. Ceremonies can be held in the Mediterranean courtyard under the old plane trees, beneath the chestnut tree, or with the bride arriving down the large outdoor staircase. Guests are welcomed with an aperitif and finger food in the courtyard, among oleanders, old stone walls and a fountain. The Eduard-von-Heuss-Saal has herringbone parquet, whitewashed walls, crystal chandeliers, a dance floor, a large bar and a play corner for children. A garden terrace and a playground complete the outdoor areas.
Rooms and capacities
The Eduard-von-Heuss-Saal takes 60 to 130 guests at round or long tables, with up to 120 at round tables for a wedding, and the buffet is set in the Vinothek. The Vinothek gathers up to 40, with a long table for 30 and summer seating under laurel trees in the courtyard. The Gutsschänke seats 150 in two vaulted cellar rooms with rubble stone walls and an open fireplace, and serves the buffet among the old barrels of the wine cellar. A vaulted cellar of about 60 m² suits smaller celebrations of up to 50.
Accommodation
The Landhotel has 27 rooms, and a block can be reserved for wedding guests. Apartments above the hall work as family rooms, breakfast is served the next morning, and a 24 hour check-in machine handles late arrivals.
Catering
Food is cooked in house by the estate's own kitchen and service team, with a buffet at most events. Packages range from all inclusive to billing by consumption.
History and setting
The old cellar vaults of the estate became a wine tavern in 1976, and the Gutsschänke still opens from Tuesday to Saturday evenings. Vineyards surround the village.
Getting there
The address is Rheinstraße 2, 55294 Bodenheim. Mainz is a few kilometers north, and Frankfurt and Wiesbaden are about half an hour by car. Bodenheim station, on the Mainz to Worms line, is in the village, and Frankfurt Airport is about 30 minutes away by car.
