Parkhotel Emstaler Höhe takes seminars, training days and conferences for up to 150 people, family celebrations and weddings, with 52 bedrooms and a spa on site, in the spa town of Bad Emstal in North Hesse. The Frankfurth family runs the four-star hotel, which borders a spa park and the Habichtswaldsteig hiking trail.
Seminars and company events
The meeting and event rooms were renovated and take groups of up to 150. They have daylight, high-speed fiber Wi-Fi, Thonet chairs, ultra-short-throw projectors and interactive touchboards, mobile UV air filters and lighting adjustable in strength and color temperature. Tables are 1.5 meters wide and run on casters, so layouts change quickly. The day package covers the room, a service team, projection, flipchart, pinboard, moderation kit, water, juice and coffee, with coffee breaks, lunch and dinner added as needed. For team events the hotel organizes guided legend or crime-story hikes, gin, whisky, wine or rum tastings with a four-course dinner, after-work parties, a brewery visit, retro bowling and a climbing forest. Conference guests use the spa free of charge, and yoga, meditation and a fitness trail are available.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts weddings and private parties. In good weather the reception can move outdoors to the spa park or the rose garden, which also serve for photos. The team can arrange a vintage car or a horse-drawn carriage, photographers, artists and flowers, and couples receive a planning checklist for the weeks before the day. A wedding suite with a canopy bed is kept for the couple, and service can run into the early morning.
Rooms and capacities
For celebrations the hotel lists the Festsaal, which adapts from 20 to 150 guests and can be dressed in a rustic style, the Märchenstube for up to 60, and the Kutscherstube hotel bar for up to 50. The site gives no capacity per layout for the individual meeting rooms, so the team confirms the setup for each group.
Accommodation
There are 52 bedrooms, including four suites and six apartments, split between fairy-tale themed rooms, main-house rooms and country-style suites. Overnight stays for conference guests include the breakfast buffet, Wi-Fi, parking and spa access. Grimms Badehaus, the spa, has three saunas, a rock garden, a jet massage and experience showers.
Catering
The Genussrestaurant Habichtswald cooks fresh every day with mostly local produce and no convenience products, preservatives or flavor enhancers. It has two rooms, the rustic Märchenstube and a bright pavilion. For events the kitchen composes set menus, buffets and full service plans, with regional and seasonal dishes and children's menus on request. The Falstaff guesthouse guide listed the kitchen team among the best in Germany in 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
History and setting
The hotel sits on the Emstaler Höhe, in the wooded hills southwest of Kassel, in the home region of the Brothers Grimm. It is a premium partner of the German Fairy Tale Route, works with a local storyteller and themes rooms and spa rituals on the Grimm tales. The adjoining spa park has a rose garden and a medicinal herb garden.
Getting there
The address is Kissinger Str. 2, 34308 Bad Emstal. Kassel is the nearest city, and Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station has long-distance trains. Parking is included for hotel guests.
