The Gästehaus Alte Schule in Recklinghausen hosts seminars, conferences and trainings for groups of 5 to 32 people, with 12 bedrooms on site for overnight stays. It occupies a former school building from 1902 on Bockholter Straße, between Marl and Recklinghausen, surrounded by fields and pastures.
Seminars and company events
The house is set up for focused work away from the office. It has two fully equipped seminar rooms with modern presentation technology and plenty of daylight, plus a small coaching room. Organizers use it for meetings, conferences and training days. The team can arrange the room in rows of chairs, a chair circle, tables in a U shape, tables in block or conference form, or school-style tables. You can book the rooms alone or with seminar catering, and with or without overnight stays.
Rooms and capacities
Room 1 takes 13 to 32 participants. Room 2 takes 5 to 12. The coaching room seats up to 4 and suits confidential conversations or a small steering group. The official site does not state a figure for a banquet or a standing reception, so this is a place for working groups rather than large gatherings. For events of up to 320 people, the house refers organizers to affiliated venues in Gelsenkirchen: the Bistro AufSchalke on Parkallee and the KAUE event center at Schacht Bismarck. For seminar rooms in a city center, it recommends its sister hotel Das NeuHaus in Dortmund.
Accommodation
Guests sleep in 12 individually furnished rooms in the modern annex built next to the old school. Windows look over the garden and the neighboring fields, and the house describes the setting as quiet. The booking options cover single rooms, double rooms and rooms with three beds. Reception is staffed Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m., and by arrangement outside those hours. Guests who arrive later receive an access code, so a team that travels in the evening does not need anyone waiting at the desk.
Catering
Between sessions the house serves coffee and tea specialties, fresh-baked cake and savory snacks. For longer lunch breaks, fresh meals are served in the dining room. Seminar catering can be added to a room booking as a package.
History and setting
The building dates from 1902 and combines period character with modern comfort. The guesthouse is operated by georgs.plus gGmbH, a recognized inclusion company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Sozialwerk St. Georg, where people with and without disabilities work together as equals. Old trees shade the grounds. The neighboring Haard forest, part of the Hohe Mark nature park, offers walking, cycling and jogging routes that suit a break between sessions or an evening walk after a workshop day.
Getting there
The address is Bockholter Straße 385, 45659 Recklinghausen. The house lies in open countryside between Marl and Recklinghausen, so ask the team about transfers from the nearest station when you plan a group arrival by train.
