Hotel Goldener Karpfen takes meetings and workshops for 2 to 50 participants, and company dinners or private celebrations for 10 to 120 guests in its banquet halls. From Monday to Thursday the whole restaurant can be booked for 70 to 95 guests. The family-run hotel and restaurant stands at Simpliziusbrunnen 1, in a central position in the baroque city of Fulda, in eastern Hesse.
Seminars and company events
The meeting offer is built for small and mid-sized groups, from a board meeting of two to a training day of 50. Rooms range from a generous salon to a small private meeting room. Each comes with a screen, a flipchart, a pinboard, a projector, a moderator case and free Wi-Fi. Water, juices, coffee and tea are unlimited in the room, next to a display of nuts and dried fruit. The hotel publishes three day formats. The full-board package adds a morning coffee break with pastries and fruit, a two-course lunch, an afternoon cake break and a three-course dinner with a choice of main course. The eight-hour Creative Work Flow day keeps all of this except the dinner. The four-hour Mindful Focus half day includes the coffee break and a two-course lunch. A Business package also exists in eight-hour and four-hour versions. Extras include a Weisswurst breakfast with pretzels, savory snacks with smoothies, and bento lunch boxes for the trip home. A brochure and an inquiry form for business events are available from the hotel.
Rooms and capacities
For dinners and receptions, the Festsäle, the hotel's banquet halls, take groups of 10 to 120. The Jägerstube seats up to 24 and opens onto a small terrace used for drinks receptions with canapés. The Weinstube, a rustic room with a club feel, seats 20. On Mondays to Thursdays the restaurant itself can be hired exclusively for 70 to 95 guests across its four areas, which suits a company dinner after a day of meetings.
Accommodation
Participants can stay on site in single or double rooms that include the breakfast buffet, a minibar, a TV and free Wi-Fi. Categories run from Classic and Classic Comfort rooms to six themed Design Superior rooms, named Dokumenta, Milano, Hollywood, Florence, Japan and Bauhaus, and two suites, the Romantik Suite and the Suite Petite Palais. Part of the house carries the minimal style of the contemporary designer Rolf Sachs. Reception is staffed 24 hours a day.
Catering
Head chef Matthias Klein-Arndt leads a brigade of 12. The kitchen pairs regional and seasonal produce with selected international spices and products, and keeps dishes light and easy to digest, which works well for a lunch between two sessions. The wine list runs from Franconia to California. The restaurant is open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner, and group menus are agreed with the hotel in advance.
History and setting
The house opened in 1904 under the same name, as an inn with its own butcher's shop. After damage in the Second World War and an expropriation, it reopened in 1948 once the building was returned to the family. The Tünsmeyer family now runs it in the fourth generation, with the sisters Renate and Maria at its head. Buying the neighboring building made room for the Weinstube. The hotel has for many years appeared among the best hotels in Hesse in award rankings.
Getting there
The address is Simpliziusbrunnen 1, 36037 Fulda. An underground garage connects directly to the hotel, and a large parking deck is also available. Fulda's main station is a stop on the German high-speed rail network, which makes the city reachable from Frankfurt, Kassel and Würzburg without a car.
