Strandhotel Vier Jahreszeiten takes seminars and company meetings for up to 100 people and weddings for up to 110 guests, with 33 bedrooms, a private beach and two terraces on the Schermützelsee. The hotel stands in Buckow, a spa town in the Märkische Schweiz, about an hour by car from central Berlin.
Seminars and company events
The hotel offers space for up to 100 participants for meetings, seminars and workshops, and lists banks, health insurers, McKinsey & Company, Humboldt University of Berlin, the British and American embassies and the Bundeswehr among past clients. For exhibitions or product presentations, groups can use the building, the four-hectare garden or the lakeside terraces. A round tent for up to 16 people adds a separate space for a small working group or a private dinner outdoors. Breaks and evenings can move to the beach, onto the hotel's private steamboat or out on a vintage car trip. The team also caters events at other locations.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings use the two lakeside terraces and the private beach for up to 110 guests. Free ceremonies take place by the lake, and the steamboat Seeperle, which holds up to 45 guests, can carry a ceremony out onto the water. Receptions start with prosecco and soft drinks, followed by a three- to five-course menu or a buffet, with an optional live cooking station and wines chosen by the sommelier. Table decoration, flowers, candles, place cards and menu cards can be added, as can a drinks package. The hotel gives reduced rates for weekday weddings and for winter weddings from November to March.
Rooms and capacities
Event spaces include the panoramic lake room Vue du Lake, the inner courtyard, the beach and the two lakeside terraces. The site does not give a capacity for each room, only the totals of 100 for meetings and 110 for weddings, plus 45 on the Seeperle and 16 in the round tent.
Accommodation
The hotel has 33 bedrooms, seven of them Seelodges on the private beach, each with its own terrace facing the water. DEHOGA classifies the hotel as three-star superior. The wellness area is Kneipp-certified, with a sauna and a room for yoga.
Catering
Head chef Matthias Essbach runs the hotel restaurant, which cooks seasonal country food from regional produce and animal-welfare-certified products, with vegetarian and vegan dishes on request. The hotel also has a second restaurant, the Italian Castello Angelo, a five-minute walk away in town.
History and setting
Buckow is a spa town inside a nature reserve in the Märkische Schweiz, a landscape of lakes and woods east of Berlin. The hotel sits directly on the shore of the Schermützelsee, with its own boat landing, and a long-distance cycle path starts at the door.
Getting there
The address is Ringstraße 5-6, 15377 Buckow. Berlin, Potsdam and the Spreewald are each about 60 minutes away by car, according to the hotel.
