Gasthof Zur Kastanie in Gerichshain, part of Machern near Leipzig, offers a festival hall for up to 120 seated guests and a restaurant for up to 80, for weddings, family parties, business dinners and meetings. It is a village inn that received its license to serve in 1811 and has been run by the Burchert family since 2009.
Seminars and company events
The inn names business dinners and conferences among its occasions and says it has a suitable room for each. The festival hall on the first floor is air-conditioned and seats up to 120 depending on the seating plan. The restaurant is divided into several rooms with up to 80 seats in all, which suits a smaller meeting with a meal. A summer terrace is open in season. The inn also has a bowling alley, listed on its site as a separate attraction.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a main use. The inn offers two wedding arrangements, Klassik and Gala, bookable for 20 to 100 guests. Both include a sparkling-wine reception on the terrace under the chestnut tree, traditional customs such as sawing a log and bread, salt and water on request, an evening buffet with cold and warm dishes chosen with the couple, an ice-cream bombe with flambéed sour cherries, and a drinks package with soft drinks, draft and bottled beer, sparkling wine, house wines, coffee, cocoa and tea. Gala adds a coffee table with wedding cake and a cake buffet, plus a fruit and dessert buffet. Cocktails, spirits and coffee specialties can be added to either arrangement. The team agrees on colors and table settings with the couple and handles planning and organization, from the first discussion to the day itself.
Rooms and capacities
The festival hall is on the first floor and seats up to 120, depending on the layout. The restaurant, split into several rooms, seats up to 80. The summer terrace is used in season for receptions and meals outdoors. The inn does not list individual room names on the pages we read.
Accommodation
The inn runs a guesthouse, listed on its site as Pension. The number of rooms is not stated on the pages we read, so confirm availability for out-of-town guests when you request the dates.
Catering
Cooking is done in-house. Wedding arrangements come with a buffet built around the couple's preferences, and the inn also hosts dinner-and-show evenings with three-course menus. For other occasions, menus are agreed with the team.
History and setting
The property received its license to serve in 1811. After 1945 it passed through several operators, and from 1960 it belonged to the municipality of Gerichshain, then was run by Konsum Wurzen as a coachmen's inn. In the 1990s it passed to the municipality of Machern, and since 1994 it has belonged to the Gerichshain building and housing company. The local chronicle credits Pastor Ludwig with helping create the hall.
Getting there
Gasthof Zur Kastanie is at Leipziger Straße 26, 04827 Gerichshain, in the municipality of Machern. Phone and contact details are on the inn's website.
