Burg Frankenberg, a moated castle from the second half of the 13th century in the Frankenberger Viertel of Aachen, rents seminar rooms, a meeting room, a courtyard and a tower bar to companies and private hosts. Three seminar rooms take up to 70 participants in theatre-style rows, and tables and chairs are available for about 140 people in total.
Seminars and company events
The castle is run by a citizens' association as a cultural and meeting centre, and it markets its rooms for seminars, training days and meetings. A projector is a fixed part of the seminar room, and flip charts, pin boards and moderation cases can be booked. Wi-Fi is included in every room. The layout can change with the format: rows for a lecture atmosphere, single tables for group work, or a round seating plan for group dynamics. Rooms are booked by the hour or by the day. Catering is free: you choose your own caterer, and if you only need drinks, the house serves them. The courtyard and the tower bar are suited to setting up a buffet and to networking breaks.
Weddings and receptions
The site does not offer weddings. The booking form lists private celebrations, company events and other uses, so a private party is possible, but ask the association whether your plan fits the rooms.
Rooms and capacities
Seminar rooms 1 and 2, with an adjoining room: 64 square meters each, up to 60 people in rows, 30 in a parliamentary or U layout, daylight, modern equipment. Meeting room: 20 square meters, up to 12 people at a table block. Large seminar room: the attic with the tower bar, 96 square meters, 50 people listed, rows for up to 70 and a parliamentary layout for up to 40, with ventilation, an acoustic system with microphone and stage lighting and stage technology that can be rented. Burghof, the courtyard: set-up and serving of catering, get-together. Tower bar: buffet set-up and networking.
History and setting
The Frankenburg was built as an independent moated castle by powerful nobles who were bailiffs of the imperial abbey of Burtscheid, and it served as a stronghold in feuds with the city of Aachen. It had a moat, a thick crenellated ring wall, watchtowers, a gatehouse and a keep. In the 17th century it fell into ruin. Landrat Friedrich Josef Antonius von Coels restored it, and in the late 19th century it was converted into a residence at the heart of the new Frankenberger Viertel. The aircraft builder Hugo Junkers lived and worked there for 15 years. After the Second World War the city of Aachen owned it and ran a local history museum. Since August 2014 it has been a cultural and community center.
Getting there
Aachen central station is a 16-minute walk. The Schlossstrasse bus stop is 7 minutes on foot. Parking near the castle is limited and charged from Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Step-free access exists only to events on the raised ground floor and in the courtyard, through a lift that staff operate on request.
