Malerwinkel Hotel in Bergisch Gladbach takes day meetings, workshops and small seminars for up to 25 people in one meeting room, with 35 bedrooms and five apartments spread across a group of half-timbered houses. The hotel stands at Fischbachstrasse 3 in the Bensberg district, just outside Cologne, and is run personally by its owners as a garni hotel, with breakfast served in-house and lunch at restaurants a short walk away.
Seminars and company events
The meeting room is in the house called Musikschule. It measures 65 square meters, has daylight, blackout, openable windows and a dimmer, and comes with an adjoining foyer for coffee breaks and access to a terrace for breaks outside. A second room is available for group work. Standard equipment includes a projector, a flipchart, a pinboard wall and a moderator case, with floor power outlets and free Wi-Fi. The Classic day package bundles the meeting supplies, the projector, morning and afternoon coffee breaks, mineral water, lunch at a partner restaurant and free parking. With bedrooms for the whole group in the same complex, a two-day workshop or a team retreat can run without transfers.
Rooms and capacities
The Tagungsraum seats up to 25 in a U-shape, 25 in parliament style with tables and 25 in theater rows. Around a single block table it seats 20, and in an open circle of chairs also 20. The extra group work room has no published size or capacity, so ask about it when you plan breakout sessions.
Accommodation
The 35 rooms are divided between three houses, each with its own set of room types. The Stammhaus and the Musikschule offer singles, standard and comfort doubles, and a junior suite or suite. The Künstlerhaus has comfort singles, comfort doubles and a junior suite. A fourth building, the Galeriehaus Moitzfeld, holds five apartments run as a boarding house, which suits trainers or longer project stays. The houses are grouped around an inner courtyard. Breakfast runs from 6:45 to 10 am on weekdays and from 8 to 11 am on weekends and public holidays. The hotel is a partner of the Mediterana spa and sells spa and hiking packages.
Catering
The hotel has no restaurant of its own. Coffee breaks are served in the house with coffee, tea, pastries or cake. For lunch, groups go to one of three partner restaurants one to three minutes on foot: Gasthaus Wermelskirchen, the Hong-Kong Chinese restaurant and Ristorante Italia. The hotel also suggests places for dinner.
History and setting
Malerwinkel means painters' corner, and the house names, Künstlerhaus for the artists' house, Musikschule for the music school and Galeriehaus for the gallery house, keep that theme. The buildings are half-timbered and sit in Bensberg, on the edge of the wooded Bergisches Land, where the hotel points guests to hiking and outdoor activities.
Getting there
The address is Fischbachstrasse 3, 51429 Bergisch Gladbach. The hotel says Koelnmesse, the Cologne trade fair, is about 15 minutes by car, and that there is a direct rail connection into Cologne. Parking on site is free and usually needs no reservation, and there is a public charging point for electric cars. Cologne Bonn Airport is the nearest airport.
