Romantik Landhotel Knippschild hosts weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and company parties for up to 70 guests in its Bauernstube, small private dinners in the Friesenstube, and caters events of any size outside the house. The four-star hotel stands at Theodor-Ernst-Straße 3 in Kallenhardt, a district of Rüthen on the northern edge of the Sauerland, in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Seminars and company events
The hotel does not market a meeting package or conference rooms. Its company offer is centered on food: full-service catering for company events, Christmas dinners and celebrations, prepared by the hotel kitchen and quoted per event. A team dinner for up to 70 can take the Bauernstube, and a management group of ten can book the Friesenstube. Guests who stay overnight can use the sauna village and the hotel's packages.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are one of the main occasions. Annette Knippschild, who runs the hotel with her husband Klaus, helps couples choose the venue, plan the table setting and look after guests travelling from afar, and the hotel provides a wedding planner to download. Birthdays, anniversaries and family celebrations follow the same pattern, with menus set in advance.
Rooms and capacities
The restaurant is divided into several Stuben. The Bauernstube seats up to 70 and is suggested for family and birthday parties. The Friesenstube takes up to ten. The Romantikstube is used for multi-course menus and à la carte dining, and the Dorfstube completes the restaurant. Outside there is a terrace and a beer garden. The Wirtshaus, a pub-style room with a fireplace, serves as a meeting point for hotel guests.
Accommodation
Guest rooms come in five categories, all in a rustic country style: Landhaus single rooms of about 12 square meters, Landhaus doubles of 18, Rothirsch doubles of 20, Rehkitz junior suites of 25 and Keiler suites of 40 with a balcony and separate living area. Dogs are welcome.
Catering
The kitchen combines Westphalian and international cooking and uses game from the surrounding forests. Lunch is served from Tuesday to Sunday and dinner every evening. The catering service covers weddings, private parties, anniversaries and company events of all sizes, with quotes on request.
History and setting
The Knippschild family received a license to run an inn in 1837, and the business began as a village pub. It is now in its seventh generation. The hotel belongs to the Romantik Hotels group and, since 2020, to Sterne im Sauerland, an association of private hotels in the region. Kallenhardt is an old village in the Arnsberg Forest, and the hotel sits in its historic center.
Getting there
Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport is about 25 minutes away by car. Rüthen, Warstein, Soest and Lippstadt are within easy reach for excursions, and the winter sports areas of Winterberg and Willingen lie further south in the Sauerland.
