Seminars and company events
Schloss Wilkinghege seats up to 100 people in rows for a conference, 85 at individual tables for a dinner, and puts delegates up in 34 rooms on site. The four-star hotel occupies a moated castle on the northwestern edge of Münster and has been run by the same family for three generations.
The Rittersaal, the largest room at 95 square meters, takes 100 in rows, 25 in a parliament or U-shape layout, and 32 around one banquet table. The Kaminzimmer, at 50 square meters, takes 40 in rows or 15 in a U-shape. Two salons of 16 and 30 square meters serve as breakout or board rooms around an oval table. All rooms have daylight, adjustable lighting, blackout, parquet floors and free Wi-Fi. Equipment includes a projector and screen, a flipchart, a pinboard, a moderation case and a lectern. The high ceilings mean a microphone is rarely needed.
Day packages cover a morning coffee break, lunch as a two-course menu or as a buffet from 15 people, and an afternoon break. A second package adds a three-course dinner, and it can be booked with an overnight stay in a single room. Drinks are billed by consumption or as a flat rate.
Weddings and receptions
Receptions take place on the castle terrace, framed by the park and the moat, and white tents can be set up there. The Rittersaal seats up to 85 at individual tables, the Vitrinen-Reiterzimmer 55, the Kaminzimmer 32 and the vaulted Schlosskeller 60. The cellar, more than 400 years old, suits informal parties of 35 to 60 guests and opens onto the terrace for barbecues and Westphalian evenings.
Rooms and capacities
Rittersaal, 95 square meters: 100 in rows, 85 at individual tables, 32 at a banquet table.
Vitrinen-Reiterzimmer, 85 square meters: 55 at individual tables, 25 at a banquet table.
Kaminzimmer, 50 square meters: 40 in rows, 32 at individual tables, 22 at a banquet table.
Schlosskeller, 80 square meters: up to 60 with its foyer.
Salon I and Salon II, 16 and 30 square meters: up to 8 at an oval table.
Accommodation
The hotel has 34 individually designed rooms. Around 1990 the number of rooms was reduced to create larger rooms and suites. A golf course lies next to the estate.
Catering
The castle kitchen cooks for meetings and celebrations, from conference lunches and buffets to wedding dinners. The hotel also runs its own events, such as a jazz brunch and a New Year's Eve ball.
History and setting
Wilkinghege is first recorded in 1311 as a moated fief held by the von Rhemen zu Barensfeld family. It passed to the Münster patrician family von Cleyhorst in the 14th century and was rebuilt in its present form by the Steveninck zu Broich family in 1550. In 1719, Gottfried Laurens Pictorius remodeled it in a late Renaissance style for Herr von Harde and Katharina von Keppel. The grandfather of the current owner, Rembert Winnecken, ran it as a farm until 1955, when it became a hotel and restaurant. After a fire it was rebuilt in 1958, and the farm buildings joined the hotel in 1970.
Getting there
The address is Steinfurter Strasse 374, 48159 Münster, and satellite navigation works best with Wilkinghege 41. Münster Hauptbahnhof is about 15 minutes away by car, and Münster Osnabrück Airport is the nearest airport.
