The Gasthaus zum Dörenberg hosts seminars, training days, company celebrations and weddings, with four meeting rooms for up to 100 people in theater layout or 120 at a standing reception, a restaurant for up to 100 guests and hotel rooms in the same house. The family-run hotel stands at Osnabrücker Straße 145 on the edge of Bad Iburg, on the southern slope of the Dörenberg in the Osnabrücker Land.
Seminars and company events
The four meeting rooms are bright, with large windows in each one, and a terrace is used for breaks in summer. Every room has free Wi-Fi and a projector, and a flipchart, a pinboard, notepads and pens are included in the meeting packages. Three packages, named Basis, Komfort and Premium, can be combined with a dinner in the restaurant, and the team also builds programs to order, including incentive activities. Walking routes such as the Ahornweg are part of the leisure offer, which gives a seminar group an easy outdoor break.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings start with a reception on the terrace or on the lawn overlooking the valley, or with drinks at the bar and in the lounge. The celebration itself takes place in the restaurant and can go on into the early hours. Couples choose between a buffet and a set menu, and the team helps with aperitifs, canapés, table decoration, menu and place cards and the wedding cake. A carriage ride to the church, a limousine and a photographer can be arranged on request, and a brunch can follow the next day. Civil ceremonies take place at the registry office in Bad Iburg. The house also hosts golden wedding anniversaries.
Rooms and capacities
Raum 1 measures 60 m² and takes 60 in theater layout, 40 at a banquet, 40 in parliamentary rows or 70 standing. Raum 2 (36 m²) seats 40 in theater layout and 24 at a banquet. Together, Raum 1 and Raum 2 form a 96 m² room for 100 in theater layout, 80 at a banquet or in parliamentary rows, and 120 at a reception. Raum 3 (28 m²) suits small groups of 15 to 30. The restaurant holds up to 100 guests.
Accommodation
Hotel rooms come in four categories: Standard, Komfort, rooms in the guesthouse and a suite. The total number of rooms is not published.
Catering
The restaurant is the center of the house, and its kitchen caters all events, from meeting breaks and dinners to wedding buffets, breakfast buffets and brunch. The house also runs a catering service.
History and setting
The house began in 1828 as a coachmen's inn, where horses were harnessed to pull loaded carts from the Tepe limeworks over the Herrenrest. Heinrich Bäumker registered it in September 1900 as Gast- und Kaffeehaus zum Dörenberge. A fire destroyed the building in 1904, and it was rebuilt on the same spot as a guesthouse. When the B 51 road was moved onto its present route in 1934, the inn became a destination for day trips. Herbert Bäumker, the third generation, turned it into a hotel and restaurant from 1967, and Holger Bäumker, the fourth generation, runs it today.
Getting there
The hotel lies between Osnabrück and Münster, a few minutes by car from Osnabrück and Georgsmarienhütte. Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof is the nearest main-line station, and Münster Osnabrück Airport is within reach by road.
