Hotel-Restaurant Zum Schwanen hosts meetings and seminars for up to 70 people and private or company celebrations for 10 to 80 guests. The owner-managed house in Wermelskirchen, in the Bergisches Land, combines three meeting rooms, four celebration rooms, a restaurant and 36 bedrooms under one roof.
Seminars and company events
The three meeting rooms scale from a discussion around one table to a presentation in rows. The furniture is flexible, so the largest room can hold one plenary group or be split into several working groups. Equipment includes an overhead projector, a flipchart, a hi-fi system and Wi-Fi at 1,000 Mbit, and a video projector is available for a rental fee. Meeting packages are put together individually with the hotel rather than sold from a fixed list.
Company celebrations, anniversaries and Christmas parties take place in the celebration rooms, which are set apart from the restaurant and the hotel so that a group can meet undisturbed. The restaurant is open on weekday evenings, and Saturdays are reserved for events and cooking courses. Celebrations at other times can be arranged on request.
Weddings and receptions
The house hosts wedding parties as well as silver and golden wedding anniversaries, christenings, communions, confirmations, round birthdays and memorial gatherings. For weddings held nearby, the hotel offers room allotments for guests, a breakfast buffet the next morning and cooperation with wedding planners.
Rooms and capacities
Tagungsraum I takes 10 people and suits board meetings or business talks. Tagungsraum II takes 20 people for smaller presentations and training. Tagungsraum III is recommended from about 30 people: around 30 in a parliamentary layout and up to 70 in rows. For celebrations, the Kaminzimmer seats about 10, the Stübchen about 20, Kaminzimmer II about 30 and the Bankett-Saal about 80 guests.
Accommodation
The hotel has 36 modern single and double rooms. That is enough to house a seminar group on a program over several days, or a large share of the guests after a wedding or an anniversary. Parking is available directly at the building. Payment at the hotel is by card only.
Catering
The kitchen covers rustic dishes, house specialties and international cuisine, from starter to dessert, as well as coffee, tea, pastries and cakes for an afternoon reception. The restaurant also runs a terrace with its own menu in summer, cooking courses and themed evenings such as a six-course tapas dinner. Catering outside the house is offered as well, for events held at another location.
History and setting
The hotel is run as a family business by hosts Kati and Christian Warnke, and the team has long experience with celebrations of every size. Wermelskirchen lies in the Bergisches Land, and the hotel serves guests from Wermelskirchen, Hückeswagen and Burscheid. Day trips nearby include Wuppertal and Schloss Burg in Solingen, which can fill a free afternoon in a seminar program.
Getting there
The address is Schwanen 1, 42929 Wermelskirchen. The A1 motorway is about five minutes away by car, and guests park directly at the hotel, which keeps arrivals simple for participants coming by road.
