Herrenhaus Buchholz is a manor-style event house in the Kottenforst above Bonn that hosts weddings, company events and conferences for up to 150 seated guests. It stands at Buchholzweg 1 in Alfter, between Cologne and Bonn, with five event areas that can be combined freely, on-site parking and a kitchen that cooks for each event.
Seminars and company events
Business events at the house include conferences, training sessions, seminars, incentives, summer parties, Christmas parties and a Christmas market. For a meeting, the team provides the technical equipment and can extend it on request. The catering frame runs from a welcome snack or breakfast buffet through coffee breaks and lunch to an evening kick-off or a gala dinner, and is offered as a package at a fixed price. An evening event can close the day, such as a grill buffet or a themed party. For Christmas parties, the house offers four formats: Casino Royale with gaming tables, The Great Gatsby, a classic nostalgic evening with mulled wine from a copper kettle, and an activity challenge in the surrounding forest. Buses can bring guests from the company site and back on request.
Weddings and receptions
The house presents itself as a full-service wedding location. It has its own wedding planners, a decoration and floristry department and a trained service team, and it coordinates a network of external providers such as speakers, photographers, DJs and bakers. It is an official branch of the Alfter registry office, so civil ceremonies take place in a traditional wedding room or on the outdoor terrace under old chestnut and linden trees. Free ceremonies are also possible. The same site hosts christenings, communion and confirmation parties, birthdays, anniversaries and memorial gatherings.
Rooms and capacities
The event room takes up to 120 guests seated and opens directly onto the lounge terrace. The glazed panorama conservatory takes up to 50 seated and also opens onto the terrace. Used together they hold 100 to 150 guests seated, and more when part of the group stands. Both options include the cloister, the tower entrance with a bar counter, the outdoor terrace, parking, restrooms and an accessible restroom with a changing station. Other outdoor areas are the forecourt under a linden tree, the front area with a fountain and a large meadow with old trees.
Accommodation
Three rooms are offered on site to event guests on request: two double rooms and one large suite, which couples use for preparations before a wedding. The double rooms have a boxspring bed, a wardrobe, a flat-screen TV, a minibar and fast Wi-Fi. More rooms are available nearby, for example at the Hotel zur Krone in Alfter.
Catering
Catering is planned with professional partners, and the kitchen of the house was modernized so that dishes are produced fresh on site. Options range from reception bites and classic buffets to summer barbecue buffets, menu-buffet mixes and night snacks.
History and setting
The house reopened in the summer of 2014 after extensive modernization. For decades it was a leading address for upscale dining, and politicians from the Bonn era, including Helmut Kohl and Hans-Dietrich Genscher, were guests there.
Getting there
The house is on the edge of the Kottenforst, above Bonn, between Cologne and Bonn, at Buchholzweg 1, 53347 Alfter. Parking is on site. Requests and viewing appointments go through the contact page or by phone.
