Gut Settin am See hosts company offsites, retreats, workations and small weddings with exclusive use of its manor house, which has 10 double rooms, a conference room and a break-out studio. Wedding offers are made for up to 25 guests. The estate lies on the Settiner See in Settin, in the lake country of Mecklenburg, about one and a half to two hours by car from Hamburg and from Berlin.
Seminars and company events
The whole Gutshaus is reserved for one group, which sets its own schedule. The conference room and a separate break-out studio both have modern equipment, and fast Wi-Fi runs through the house. A third room with a cork floor and infrared heating is used for yoga, tai chi and meditation. Packages are put together for each group, and the team helps with planning and with running the days on site. Activities can include wine or whisky tastings, a climbing garden, dragon boat trips and rowing boats from the jetty.
Weddings and receptions
For a wedding, the manor is reserved for the wedding party alone, so guests are the only people on the estate. They gather in the salon with its fireplace and grand piano, dine at the oak table in the dining room or on the south-west terrace above the lake, and dance in the house. The jetty is used for a quiet moment by the water. Extras such as a horse-drawn carriage ride can be arranged. The site does not say whether a civil ceremony can take place on the estate.
Rooms and capacities
The house offers a conference room, a break-out studio, the salon, the dining room with its long oak table, the yoga room, a massage room and a terrace with a lake view. The garden runs down to the water and is used for celebrations in good weather. Wedding offers are made for a maximum of 25 people.
Accommodation
The Gutshaus has 10 double rooms for the group. Separate holiday houses on the estate sleep up to six people each and are booked through a separate website, which helps when a family or a team needs extra beds.
Catering
Meals are served in the dining room or on the lakeside terrace. For weddings, the resort mentions menus by a star chef, wine tastings and Feuerzangenbowle, a flaming punch. Offsite packages include drinks. Ask for sample menus when requesting a package.
History and setting
The estate was chosen as a state stud farm in 1560, and an oak known as Ihre Majestät has looked over the lake since about 1670. The buildings seen today date from around 1880. Carl Gustav Oertel bought the estate in 1939; it was expropriated in 1949 and fell into ruin. The Oertel family bought it back in 1995 and spent some 20 years turning it into a resort. The approach runs along an avenue of lime trees, and the Militzsee is a 15-minute walk away.
Getting there
Gut Settin is at Crivitzer Straße 45 in Settin, about 1.5 to 2 hours by car from Hamburg or Berlin.
