Burg Perchtoldsdorf is a municipal event castle just south of Vienna that can host conferences, congresses, company events, galas and weddings. Its largest room, the New Burgsaal, seats up to 418 people in theater layout, and three further rooms and two outdoor courts cover smaller formats in the same building.
Seminars and company events
The official site lists conferences, seminars and congresses first among the uses of the castle, followed by business events, company parties, trade shows and sales exhibitions, concerts and theater. The New Burgsaal was added in the 2008 to 2010 extension and is described as multifunctional. Lifting platforms let the room change from a raked lecture hall with a gallery into a flat floor for a banquet, ball or exhibition. The acoustics were designed with Müller-BBM of Munich. A gallery with a control position and seats reached by lift runs along the upper part of the hall.
Weddings and receptions
The castle is used for civil ceremonies and for wedding receptions. The wedding page proposes three settings: the Rüstkammer for a small party of up to 100 guests, the historic Festsaal for about 120 to 130 guests with a dance floor, and the New Burgsaal for up to 360 seated guests. Evening events can run until 1 a.m. The courtyard and the garden are available for events until 10 p.m.
Rooms and capacities
The New Burgsaal measures 27 by 17 meters, 458 m² as one open floor or 333 m² with the stage. It seats up to 360 for a banquet and up to 418 in theater layout with two seating blocks. The lower vestibule, 321 m², takes up to 48 seated or 168 standing. The Festsaal measures 230 m², has its own stage and artists' dressing room, and the official figures give up to 182 seated at tables and about 320 in other layouts; the adjoining foyer, 56 m², takes 48 standing. The Rüstkammer, 210 m² under a three-meter ceiling with three central pillars, takes 120 seated or 200 standing and suits special events better than frontal talks. The UNIQA courtyard, 205 m², takes 210 standing, and the castle garden, 313 m², takes 200 standing. The main courtyard, 2,656 m², holds about 100 parking spaces and can host open-air events and presentations.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms in the castle. The official site refers organizers to hotels and guesthouses in Perchtoldsdorf through the town website and names the Hotel Rainers21 in nearby Brunn am Gebirge.
Catering
The caterer is free to choose. The site lists local businesses used to working in the castle, including restaurant and event caterers, a pastry maker for wedding cakes, a finger food specialist and a wine estate. The castle has a kitchen on the ground floor linked to the Festsaal by lift, bars in the vestibules and a cloakroom.
History and setting
The castle goes back to the early 11th century. The keep, now the south tower, was built in 1180, the palace and residential wing between 1250 and 1270, and the complex was enlarged from 1340 under Albrecht II as a widow's seat for several Habsburg duchesses. The 2008 to 2010 extension added the New Burgsaal beside the historic rooms. The castle stands in the center of Perchtoldsdorf, next to the Gothic parish church.
Getting there
The address is Paul-Katzberger-Platz 1, 2380 Perchtoldsdorf. By car, take the A2 to the Brunn am Gebirge exit; parking is available near the castle. By public transport from Vienna, take the S9 suburban train to Liesing, about 20 minutes from Matzleinsdorfer Platz or Meidling, then bus 256 toward Gießhübl to Perchtoldsdorf Marktplatz. Tram 60 runs to Rodaun, followed by a walk of about 20 minutes.
