Ferme Marie Hélène hosts meetings, study days, residential seminars, weddings and private parties in a restored farm in the Alsatian countryside. It has a seminar room with modern equipment, a reception room, a converted barn, gardens, and guest rooms that sleep up to 15 people. The farm is at 11 rue de l'Église in Neugartheim-Ittlenheim, in the Kochersberg area, 20 minutes from Strasbourg.
Seminars and company events
The farm sells meetings, study days and residential seminars, and adapts the program and furniture to each group. The seminar room sits in a typical Kochersberg farm building with wooden beams. It has high-speed Wi-Fi, a video projector, a projection screen, modular furniture and air conditioning, and the layout changes with the size of the meeting. On-site technical help is part of the offer.
Coffee breaks, lunches and dinners are prepared with local produce. For team building, the owners suggest Alsatian cooking workshops, tastings of local wines and walks in the surrounding countryside. Residential groups sleep in the farm's guest rooms, so a two-day program can run without transfers.
Weddings and receptions
The farm hosts weddings from small ceremonies to larger receptions. Couples can hold the reception indoors in the reception room, a drinks reception in the gardens, or a ceremony in the converted barn or outdoors in the evening. The team helps with decoration and setup and can coordinate the day. A dedicated wedding planning service covers decoration, coordination of suppliers and management on the day itself, through to the next-day brunch. The about page lists the farm in the Wedding Awards for 2024 and 2025.
Rooms and capacities
The spaces are a seminar room, a reception room, a converted barn and the gardens. The site states that the spaces are modular and adapt to the number of guests, but it does not publish capacities or surfaces for any room. Ask the owners for figures and a floor plan before you settle on a layout.
Accommodation
The guest rooms are open all year and take up to 15 people in total. Rooms sleep from two to six people, some with a private bathroom and others with a shared one, and all have free Wi-Fi. A homemade breakfast with regional produce is served each morning. Guests have views over the park and shared lounges.
Catering
For seminars, the farm provides breaks and meals made with local produce. For weddings, the owners put couples in touch with caterers they trust, for a cocktail, a seated dinner or a buffet. They also work with photographers, musicians and florists. On Sundays, the farm runs a brunch open to families and groups.
History and setting
The site began as a village wash house, then became a working farm with horses and fields. About two centuries ago, two sisters, Marie and Hélène, lived there and gave the farm its name. Their nephew, Aloïse Huber, was a local notable said to have exchanged letters with George Sand. Later, the farm hosted meetings linked to the European Parliament and the Council of Europe. Guillaume and Laurence now run it.
Getting there
The farm is 20 minutes from Strasbourg by road, close to the main routes into the city. Strasbourg is the natural arrival point by train or air for guests from further away. Vineyards, Kochersberg villages and the Alsace wine route are within easy reach for an outing.
