FerienGut Dalwitz hosts seminars, multi-day company retreats, weddings and family celebrations, with an old granary for up to 80 guests, a farm restaurant for dinners and apartments that sleep seminar groups on site. The estate is a working organic farm and riding stable at Dalwitz, part of Walkendorf, in the Mecklenburgische Schweiz area of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Seminars and company events
The estate suits groups that want to work and stay in the countryside for several days. The Alter Kornspeicher can be hired for a single day without overnight stays or as part of a longer program. For seminars and conferences, 22 apartments can be booked with one guest per unit, and up to 40 people can stay when apartments with shared bathrooms are used. A conference package covers coffee, tea, water, juice from the estate and pastries. Free time can go to trail rides on Criollo horses, a cattle-handling course with the estate's herd or a round of golf in the area. The farm is also a demonstration site for organic agriculture and receives specialist visitors.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings use the granary, the farm restaurant and the estate park. A typical day runs from a champagne reception through coffee and cake to dinner, with a surprise with fountains at midnight. Civil ceremonies take place at the registry office in Gnoien or one of its branches, and church weddings in the churches of Basse or Walkendorf. The estate recommends spring for weddings. Group hire is not possible during the main holiday season or the October autumn break, so dates should be checked early.
Rooms and capacities
The Alter Kornspeicher, the old granary, spreads over two floors and almost 500 m² in the left half of the former estate manager's house, and takes up to 80 people. The Hofrestaurant Remise hosts dinners and receptions. The Gutspark, a large park around the buildings, is used for weddings and for events over several days.
Accommodation
Guests sleep in holiday apartments spread across the listed estate buildings, including tower apartments and a manor apartment in the Gutshaus. Units range from apartments for one or two people to larger ones for six to eight, which suits a mix of single rooms for a seminar and family units for a wedding party.
Catering
The Hofrestaurant Remise prepares buffets and set menus. Its specialty is the asado, a South American barbecue cooked over an open fire, which it also offers for private Christmas parties from 40 guests. The restaurant closes in winter and reopens in mid-March.
History and setting
Lucy Gräfin von Bassewitz came to Mecklenburg from Uruguay more than three decades ago and shaped the estate on the model of an Uruguayan estancia. The buildings are listed monuments and have been restored. The estate breeds Criollo horses, a South American breed, and describes its program as the first of its kind in Germany.
Getting there
The estate lies in the countryside of the Mecklenburgische Schweiz, south-east of Rostock. A car is the practical way to arrive, and Rostock-Laage Airport is the closest airport.
