Company parties, seminars for 10 to 50 participants and family celebrations or wedding meals for up to 70 guests can be organized at the Parkhotel Altes Kaffeehaus in Wolfenbüttel, a hotel with its own restaurant and bedrooms on the site of a coffee garden that opened in 1839 near the town's railway station.
Seminars and company events
The hotel hosts conferences and seminars for groups of 10 to 50 people and offers several conference packages, which it presents as suited to staff meetings as well as events with guests and customers. Company parties, customer events and Christmas parties are also part of its offer, for 10 to 70 people. The team advises on the whole event and works with organizers on menus and timing. Requests go through the hotel's inquiry form, which asks for the type of event, the number of guests, the date and the time.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel caters for wedding meals after the civil ceremony, as well as larger wedding parties with music and dancing. Couples who marry at the Wolfenbüttel registry office, whose marriage hall the hotel calls one of the finest in northern Germany, can continue with a meal here. Birthdays, anniversaries and other family celebrations are hosted on the same basis, for 10 to 70 guests.
Rooms and capacities
The website shows a hall (Saal), a club room (Clubraum) and a terrace, without separate capacities for each. The overall range is 10 to 70 guests for celebrations and 10 to 50 for meetings. For a larger group, the hotel points to its partner house Zum Starenkasten in Braunschweig-Rüningen, which has freshly renovated rooms for up to 100 people.
Accommodation
The hotel offers single rooms, double rooms with a double bed or two single beds, and junior suites, all with a shower room and TV. Breakfast is included in the room rates, and guests can use a sauna and fitness area. The website does not give the total number of bedrooms, so confirm how many participants can stay on site before you plan a two-day seminar.
Catering
The hotel's restaurant cooks for events, with set menus and buffet suggestions published as a downloadable document. Menus can be adapted to the occasion and the budget. The house also has a historic wine cellar, the Weingrotte, a second and more intimate setting for drinks or a dinner.
History and setting
The story begins with the railway. On December 1, 1838, the line from Braunschweig to Wolfenbüttel opened as the first section of a route toward the Harz. To draw passengers, the ducal railway directorate commissioned a coffee garden for excursions, designed by court architect Carl Theodor Ottmer and built in an oriental style on the former Karlsberg bastion, within sight of the station. It opened in May 1839. After structural damage it closed in 1863, and a two-story building replaced it in 1865, later extended over the decades. A fire on December 7, 1988 caused heavy damage, and after about 15 months of building work the current hotel opened in 1991 and 1992.
Getting there
The hotel is at Harztorwall 18 in Wolfenbüttel, close to the station, which has regional trains to Braunschweig. Braunschweig, the nearest large city, is a short drive north, which makes the hotel easy to reach for teams based there.
