Schloss Heidegg hosts weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and business events for groups from 20 to 70 seated guests, with aperitifs for up to 180. The castle stands above the village of Gelfingen in the municipality of Hitzkirch, in the canton of Lucerne, with a view over Lake Baldegg, the vineyard and Mount Pilatus. The official site presents it as a place to celebrate, from ceremony to banquet to an overnight stay.
Seminars and company events
The page for birthdays, anniversaries and business events lists the same rooms as the wedding offer. An organizer can start with a welcome drink in the rose garden or on the battlements, arrange a private evening tour of the tower the day before, and visit the audiovisual stories in the cellar dating from 1192, described as the oldest residential building in the canton of Lucerne. A concert in the baroque chapel, jazz in the Schlosskeller and a cooking event in front of the cellar are also mentioned as ideas. Floor plans of the Festsaal and the Schlosskeller, a rental price list, general terms and a list of practical points from A to Z can be downloaded from the site.
Weddings and receptions
Three spaces take a ceremony. The renovated castle chapel holds up to 60 guests, the Festsaal up to 90 and the Kleiner Saal up to 20. The Festsaal is also the usual choice for a free ceremony. Outdoors, the terrace and the castle garden can host an open-air ceremony.
For aperitifs, the castle garden with the former wine cellar and the terrace between the crenellated wall and the tower each take up to 180 people. If it rains, the medieval hall in the tower is reserved for the terrace aperitif. A banquet for 20 to 70 guests takes place in the Festsaal in the tower or in the Schlosskeller next to the rose garden. Many couples combine both: dinner in the Festsaal, then dancing, dessert and a bar in the cellar.
Rooms and capacities
Festsaal: on the fourth floor of the tower, the largest hall. Ceremony up to 90, banquet 20 to 70.
Kleiner Saal: ceremonies up to 20 guests.
Schlosskapelle: renovated chapel, up to 60 guests.
Schlosskeller: vaulted cellar built shortly after 1700, with a glazed door onto the garden, for banquets of 20 to 70 and aperitifs.
Schlossgarten and Schlossterrasse: aperitifs up to 180.
Accommodation
The castle park contains a historic holiday apartment of 112 square meters in the baroque manor house. It sleeps six in two bedrooms, each with a double bed and a single bed, and is booked online through a holiday rental portal. It is not a hotel, so larger groups sleep elsewhere.
Catering
Food comes from two exclusive partners of the castle, the caterers Kupferkessel and Bitzi-Metzg, who both offer vegetarian and vegan dishes. The host agrees the aperitif or menu directly with one of them and orders drinks from the castle, including wines from the Heidegg estate. Small aperitifs of up to an hour are also available, with a minimum of 10 people, or 20 for weddings.
Getting there
Take the S9 train to Gelfingen, about 36 minutes from Lucerne, then walk roughly 20 minutes uphill. There is no bus. Two car parks serve the castle and driving up to it is not allowed. The castle closes on October 31, 2026 and reopens on April 1, 2027.
