Congresses, conferences, trade fairs, company events and cultural evenings for up to 2,000 people take place at the CongressCentrum Pforzheim. It offers up to 19 rooms, led by three halls that can be used on their own, divided or combined, and it stands on Bertha-Benz-Platz in the center of Pforzheim, between Karlsruhe and Stuttgart.
Seminars and company events
The building covers meetings of every size. A board meeting or a workshop for a few dozen people fits one of the conference rooms, a training day for 150 works in the Kleiner Saal with parliamentary seating, and a general assembly or a congress with plenary sessions uses the Großer Saal with up to 2,000 seats in rows. Large foyers next to the halls take exhibitor stands and catering, which suits congresses with an industry exhibition. The Waisenhausplatz in front of the building can be booked for outdoor events.
The halls are being modernized in 2026 and 2027, with closures staggered hall by hall. Availability for a given date is best checked early with the event team.
Rooms and capacities
The Großer Saal seats up to 600 people with parliamentary seating and up to 2,000 in rows, with a large foyer and acoustics the venue highlights. The Mittlerer Saal, added in 2002, takes 350 people with parliamentary seating and 622 in rows, with daylight and its own foyer. The Kleiner Saal holds up to 150 at tables or 310 in rows, with large windows onto green space and a conference foyer of its own. Two groups of breakout rooms complete the offer: the Konferenzräume A to E and the Konferenzräume 1 to 5.
Accommodation
The CCP has no bedrooms of its own, but the Parkhotel Pforzheim, with 208 rooms, is built onto the congress center and connected to it directly. Other hotels are within walking distance, which helps for congresses with several hundred delegates.
Catering
Catering is handled by the exclusive partner Park-Gastronomie Catering & Event Pforzheim, whose kitchen is in the adjoining Parkhotel. The team covers coffee breaks, finger food, buffets, three-course dinners and trade-fair stand catering for groups of 30 to 1,200 guests, along with drinks, equipment, service staff and table decoration on request. The partnership dates from 1991. Regional and seasonal produce and reusable tableware are part of the approach.
History and setting
Pforzheim opened its first large municipal hall, the Saalbau, on May 20, 1900, to plans by city architect Alfons Kern. It served as a military hospital during the First World War and was destroyed in the air raid of February 23, 1945. After a long campaign by residents, a court ruling in 1979 required the city to build a new hall on the Waisenhausplatz. Architect Gerhard Aeckerle designed the current building, which opened on September 18, 1987. The hotel followed in 1991 and the Mittlerer Saal in 2002. The CCP is run by the city's business and marketing office, Wirtschaft und Stadtmarketing Pforzheim, and the square in front has carried the name of Bertha Benz since April 2024.
Getting there
Pforzheim Hauptbahnhof is a few minutes' walk away. The underground garage has more than 600 parking spaces. The address is Bertha-Benz-Platz 1, 75172 Pforzheim.
