Seminars, training days and conferences for up to 100 participants can be held at the Waldhotel Bärenstein, a four-star hotel with 73 rooms in Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany. It stands in Holzhausen-Externsteine, a village in the Teutoburg Forest between Detmold and Bad Meinberg, close to the Externsteine sandstone rocks.
Seminars and company events
Meetings take place in a conference wing built in 2017, with about 160 m² of air-conditioned space for up to 100 guests. The rooms have conference technology, a moderation kit with the usual workshop materials, and free fast Wi-Fi. The meeting day follows a set rhythm: welcome coffee on request, a coffee break in the morning and another in the afternoon, a lunch served as a single dish or as a two- or three-course menu, drinks during the sessions and a three-course dinner for groups that stay. After work, participants can use the pool, the sauna and the fitness room, join a yoga session or book a massage, and the area offers a climbing park and tennis for team activities. A barbecue hut on the grounds can host an informal evening.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel presents the conference wing as a whole rather than as a list of named rooms. Its 160 m² take up to 100 people, and the layout is set to the size and format of each group. The exact split between plenary and breakout rooms should be confirmed when asking.
Accommodation
The hotel has 73 rooms with 133 beds, from single rooms to suites, many with views over the forest or the garden. A group of 70 can therefore sleep under one roof, which suits two- or three-day programs. Reception is staffed every day from 6 am to 10 pm.
Catering
Meals are prepared in-house. The hotel runs a restaurant, a bar and a café, which also take table reservations from guests who are not staying.
History and setting
The house began in 1904 as a guesthouse with two rooms for hikers and holidaymakers, and it has operated as a hotel since 1922. From the 1950s it took in spa guests who stayed several weeks, linked to the nearby spa town of Bad Meinberg. When the German health reform of the 1990s ended that business, the house became a regular hotel again. New owners took over in 2015 and still manage it themselves, adding the conference wing two years later. The hotel celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2022 with an open day.
Getting there
The nearest stations are Horn-Bad Meinberg and Detmold, and long-distance ICE trains stop in Bielefeld and Paderborn. Paderborn/Lippstadt airport is about 40 km away. By road, the A 2, A 33 and A 44 motorways connect to the B 1 and B 238. Parking is available around the hotel, with three charging points for electric cars.
