Villa Hammerschmiede hosts day meetings, residential seminars, company dinners and weddings, and for a wedding the whole hotel with all its rooms and suites can be booked exclusively. The house is a restored villa from the end of the 19th century in Söllingen, a district of Pfinztal east of Karlsruhe, on a gentle rise at the edge of the Northern Black Forest.
Seminars and company events
The villa sells meeting packages built around a working day: lunch as a two-course menu, coffee and tea, mineral water and, in the larger packages, morning and afternoon breaks and soft drinks. All packages include Wi-Fi, daylight, a projector and screen or a display, pinboards or flipcharts, and stationery. Microphones, a moderation case, standing tables and a 65-inch screen can be added. In the evening, a group can take a three-course dinner in a separate room. The banquet team also suggests breaks on the terrace, a barbecue in the park, an evening in the wine cellar or a gourmet menu in the villa.
Weddings and receptions
Civil weddings can be followed by a lunch menu, and free ceremonies take place in the park. A wedding day usually runs from a sparkling wine reception with canapés to coffee and cake in the Guten Stuben or on the terrace, then a seated dinner. A bar with cocktails and long drinks can open later, followed by midnight snacks. One wedding formula reserves the entire hotel for the couple and their guests, with every room and suite.
Rooms and capacities
Four rooms are set aside for meetings. The Großer Konferenzraum covers about 100 m² and the Konferenzraum about 80 m². The Villensalons, between 25 and 32 m², and the Bibliothek, about 20 m², take smaller groups, board meetings or breakout sessions. For celebrations the villa has a banquet hall, its salons and a terrace. The site publishes floor plans of the conference and villa rooms but no seating figures, so the banquet team confirms numbers for each layout.
Accommodation
The hotel has 25 rooms and five suites, among them the Turmsuite in the tower, a Penthouse-Suite, a Parksuite, a Kaminsuite with a fireplace and a Juniorsuite. Conference guests can ask for group rates. The Felsenbad wellness area is open to hotel guests.
Catering
All food comes from the villa's own restaurant, which serves the same à la carte menu across its dining rooms, including the Guten Stuben and an English pavilion. Wedding menus and event menu suggestions are prepared by the kitchen and the banquet team.
History and setting
The villa was built in the Gründerzeit style at the end of the 19th century and belonged for decades to the Krupp company. Its current owners restored the large house and opened it as a family-run hotel. The grounds include a wooded park of about 25,000 m², used for ceremonies, breaks and summer events.
Getting there
The villa stands at Hauptstraße 162 in Pfinztal-Söllingen, a short drive east of Karlsruhe. Groups arriving by car can reach it from the Karlsruhe area without crossing the city center.
