The Weisses Rössl takes seminars and workshops for up to 35 people, company dinners and parties with music for up to 120, and weddings for 30 to 120 guests, with bedrooms in the hotel for participants. The hotel stands directly on Lake Wolfgang in St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, in Upper Austria, and is the inn that gave its name to the operetta Im weissen Rössl.
Seminars and company events
Two salons on an upper floor are set up for work. The Grete Peter-Salon, 83 square meters with a balcony and seminar technology, holds up to 35 people. The Hermann Peter-Salon, 37 square meters, suits workshops and meetings of up to 15. Booked together they give 162 square meters for 40 to 80 people, with room for a buffet, music or dancing. A foyer with its own kitchen serves canapés, drinks and snacks during breaks, and seminar guests start the day with the hotel breakfast. A day package covers coffee breaks, a three-course lunch, an afternoon break and drinks in the room. Team events can be added on request.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings take 30 to 120 guests. Couples can marry in the pilgrimage church of St. Wolfgang or at the register office in the village, then hold the reception by the lake on the Kaminbar, the sun terrace or the shore. Menus start at four courses and are put together from the kitchen's proposals. The wedding cake comes from the hotel patisserie. Guests can stay in the hotel, depending on availability.
Rooms and capacities
The Scheffelsaal, with a lake view, takes 35 to 120 people with dancing and music and is booked only with an overnight stay. The Seestüberl holds 30 to 60, or 80 when joined with the Benatzkystüberl, which sits right on the water. The Sisi-Terrasse takes 15 to 30 for dinners, and the Katharina Schratt-Zimmer up to 25. The Felsenkeller, a cellar holding about 9,000 bottles of Austrian wine, suits aperitifs and tastings for 10 to 50. Off site, the Rössling-Fischhütte, about 7.5 kilometers away in the Wolfgang valley, seats 18 inside and 24 outdoors, with a shuttle.
Catering
The kitchen is led by head chef Hermann Poll, with Austrian and international dishes. Pastry chef Gerhard Spreitzer runs the patisserie.
History and setting
An inn has served visitors on this spot for more than 500 years, including pilgrims to St. Wolfgang. The present house opened in 1878. Paul Johann Peter bought it in 1912, and the fifth generation of the family runs it today. The Benatzky operetta premiered in Berlin in 1930, followed by films in the 1950s and 1960s. The hotel spreads over nine buildings linked by corridors and a bridge, with a heated lake pool used all year.
Getting there
St. Wolfgang has no railway station. The nearest stations are Bad Ischl and Salzburg, and Salzburg Airport is about an hour by road. In season, boats cross the lake from St. Gilgen and Strobl.
