Kloster Fischingen is a three-star hotel inside a Benedictine monastery in Fischingen, canton of Thurgau. It sells seminars, meetings, lectures and concerts, with a former monastery library that holds up to 180 people in concert seating and a set of smaller baroque rooms for working groups of 20 to 50.
Seminars and company events
The monastery presents itself as a seminar and conference hotel inside a working religious site. Meetings take place in former library, reading and chapter rooms with stucco ceilings, wooden floors and vaulted ceilings. Seminars can be booked as a day program or with overnight stays, and the team prepares a quote on request through a booking form. Framework programs and guided tours of the monastery can be added.
Rooms are rented by the full day or the half day. Small breakout rooms are usually booked together with a seminar room, and can also be reserved on their own for short meetings.
Weddings and receptions
The site lists celebrations and banquets in its program, and the restaurant and garden are used for private and business gatherings. The official pages consulted do not describe wedding packages, so ask the team directly whether a wedding can be held.
Rooms and capacities
The Bibliothek is the largest room, a former monastery library of 221 square meters with strong acoustics. It seats 60 in parliament layout and 180 in concert layout, and is also used for concerts. The Lesesaal Anselmus, the former reading room of the Benedictines, measures 97 square meters and takes 40 in parliament, 50 in concert, 34 in block and 26 in U shape. Allerheiligen, the Kapitelsaal and Matthäus each measure between 86 and 92 square meters and take 40 in parliament layout, 34 in block and 30 in U shape. Ruth, at 57 square meters, is described as suited to 15 to 20 people and takes 30 in parliament layout. Group rooms of 21 square meters take up to 10.
Accommodation
The hotel rates three stars and offers comfort, standard and deluxe double rooms and a junior suite, set in former monks' cells. The pages consulted do not give a total number of bedrooms. Ask the team how many rooms can be held for your dates.
Catering
The restaurant serves a la carte every day from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., with orders taken until 9 p.m., and has a garden. The monastery also runs culinary events such as a year-end dinner, a Christmas market and a night tour with a three-course dinner. Seminar catering is quoted with the room hire. The Pilgrim brewery operates in the farm building next to the shop, and the monastery's carpentry shop and kitchen supply regional products.
History and setting
The site is a Benedictine monastery in baroque style, described by the hotel as a national architectural monument. Classical concerts take place in the historic walls. The monastery sits in Tannzapfenland, a green hill region of Thurgau, away from urban noise.
Getting there
The hotel is in Fischingen, postcode 8376. The pages consulted do not state the nearest station or parking, so confirm access with the team when you plan a group arrival.
