Hofgut Dippelshof hosts weddings, family celebrations, business dinners and meetings, with its Blauer Saal seating up to about 100 guests and smaller rooms for 10 to 60. The estate is in Traisa, part of Mühltal near Darmstadt, with its own restaurant and an 18-room hotel.
Seminars and company events
The meeting room, recently refurbished, takes 4 to 14 people, with a TV screen, a flipchart and a projector placed as needed. Larger sessions move to the Blauer Saal, set with or without tables. Breaks bring coffee, tea, snacks or a lunch arranged for the group. Business dinners have their own offer, and the estate also caters off site. With bedrooms and secure parking on the grounds, a two-day board meeting needs no transfers.
Weddings and receptions
The estate houses the registry office of the municipality of Mühltal, so couples can marry and celebrate in one place. Free ceremonies and same-sex weddings are offered, and the park pavilion can be set with chairs for a ceremony. Receptions move to the terrace or the park, lit by candles and torches under old trees. For larger weddings the Blauer Saal joins adjoining rooms for a buffet or music, and the hotel has a wedding suite.
Rooms and capacities
The Blauer Saal seats up to about 100 (the wedding page gives 80 for a dinner), with an open fireplace and space for dancing. The Pagodenzelt in the park takes 50 to 60 guests. The Gartenhaus seats 22 inside and about 30 on its terrace. The Hofzimmer and the pavilion each seat up to 18 at a table, and the bright Damenzimmer seats 10. Seating plans exist for each room.
Accommodation
The hotel has 18 rooms, from singles for business travelers to a wedding suite, each with phone, TV and shower and a window onto the park or the neighboring golf course. Breakfast is a buffet.
Catering
Head chef and managing director Jens Huthmann leads the kitchen. Multi-course menus are served in the Blauer Saal and the house rooms, buffets in the Pagodenzelt and the Gartenhaus. The restaurant opens Wednesday to Saturday evenings and for a Sunday lunch buffet.
History and setting
Destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, the estate was rebuilt in 1710 by Johann Albert Dippel and became a favorite outing for Darmstadt residents in the 19th century. F. W. Bullrich bought it in 1898 and added a late Art Nouveau wing. In 1911 and 1912 Professor E. Körner of the Darmstadt Artists' Colony designed a music room, gentlemen's and ladies' rooms and guest rooms. In 1993 the firm Weber und Partner bought the run-down estate and restored it with the heritage authorities. The Blauer Saal, largely original, keeps century-old chandeliers, reliefs and marble inlay. The park, over 100 years old, lies between a golf course and fishing ponds.
Getting there
The address is Am Dippelshof 1, 64367 Mühltal. Darmstadt is a few kilometers away, and Frankfurt can be reached by road.
