Schloss Burgellern, a castle hotel in Scheßlitz a few minutes from Bamberg, hosts seminars, workshops, strategy retreats and company events for groups from a small board meeting to about 100 participants. The hotel offers guest rooms on site, a park, a restaurant and meeting packages built like a menu.
Seminars and company events
The hotel names board meetings, interviews, incentives, press conferences, product presentations and team building among its uses. Participants can stay in the house, which keeps walking distances short for multi-day seminars and leadership retreats. The team advises in person and writes an individual offer. Phone contact is possible from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Meeting offers are set out in three formats: Stuhlkreis, a circle of chairs for open discussion, Meeting, and Klassische Tagung, a classic conference. Technical equipment includes a large screen or projector, a screen, flipcharts, pin boards, facilitation material, fast Wi-Fi and flexible seating. Hosts can add leisure options for a group: an Italian evening with wood-fired pizza, Qi Gong, morning fitness, a fondue evening, boules and archery.
Family celebrations are also possible. The hotel gives ideas such as a goose dinner, a fondue evening, a garden party, a wine tasting, a four-course dinner and a hut evening. Weddings are not described on the pages read, so ask directly.
Rooms and capacities
The meeting spaces are listed as Schlosspark, Wasserschloss, Gartensalon, von Schönbornsaal, Schmetterlingszimmer and Bräustüberl. The site does not give a capacity for each. It states that the rooms suit small meetings and events of up to about 100 people, and that seating is flexible. Ask the hotel which room fits your headcount and layout.
Accommodation
Five room types are listed: single room, comfort double, superior double, junior suite and family room. The pages read do not give the number of bedrooms, so ask for it when you plan a group. Dogs are welcome. The hotel has a wellness area with massages and a swimming pond, as well as sauna.
Catering
Catering is built around coffee breaks, a business lunch, a menu or a buffet, Franconian wine and regional specialties, evening events, and a barbecue or beer garden reception in season. The hotel also writes individual meeting packages. The restaurant serves creative regional cooking and vegetarian and vegan menus. It is open to outside visitors Thursday to Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and from Monday to Wednesday it serves hotel guests only. Coffee and cake are served daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
History and setting
The castle stands in Burgellern, in a large park, in the Upper Franconia region near Bamberg. The hotel presents a quiet, green setting that suits confidential talks and creative work. Nearby, the hotel group also runs the historic brewery inn Hartmann in Würgau.
Getting there
The address is Kirchplatz 1, 96110 Scheßlitz. The site mentions access from the A70 and A73 motorways and good connections from Nuremberg, Bayreuth, Coburg, Würzburg, Erlangen and Forchheim. Parking at the castle is free, and there are four electric charging points of 22 kW each.
