Landgut Stemmen takes conferences, seminars, company events and weddings for up to 620 people, with 45 hotel rooms and three holiday apartments on site. It is a family-run country estate in Stemmen, a village of about 800 people in Lower Saxony, on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath between Hamburg, Bremen and Hanover.
Seminars and company events
Six meeting rooms have daylight, blackout, air conditioning and free Wi-Fi. The smaller rooms, Südblick, Nordwärts and Ostwind, suit board meetings, workshops and breakout groups. The Großer Saal divides into sections and seats 250 in its largest one, or up to 620 when fully combined. Day packages bundle the room, a projector or an 85 inch touch screen, flipchart, pinboards and a moderation case with water and juice in the room, coffee and tea through the day, morning and afternoon snacks with homemade cake and a two course lunch with meat, fish and vegetarian options. Packages start from 10 participants, and parking is free. For the evening, the estate organizes skittles, geocaching, archery or a dinner with a walking act and live music.
Weddings and receptions
The estate has hosted weddings for more than 40 years and counts over 1,000 couples. Ceremonies can take place in the wedding garden, an orchard with rose arches, old apple trees and a small altar. The hall has its own entrance, a foyer for the reception, air conditioning and a dance floor with room for a band or DJ, and parties can run until 4 a.m. A lawn beside the hall can be fenced off for children. Smaller weddings can use the rooms of Restaurant Schultens or the smaller meeting rooms.
Rooms and capacities
Südblick (39 m²) takes 21 in parliament style, 24 at banquet and 28 in cinema rows. Nordwärts (50 m²) takes 20, 24 and 27. Ostwind (82 m²) takes 45, 48 and 80. The sections of the Großer Saal cover 166 m² (60 banquet, 80 cinema), 214 m² (90 banquet, 120 cinema) and 419 m² (250 banquet or cinema).
Accommodation
The hotel has 45 rooms and 3 holiday apartments, enough for up to 94 guests, from single rooms to family rooms. For weddings, a block of rooms is held at one rate and guests book from it themselves.
Catering
Restaurant Schultens cooks homemade food with regional products from the Lüneburg Heath, fruit from the estate's own orchards and game from its own hunt. Wedding packages cover food, drinks, service and basic decoration, and the in-house bakery makes the cake.
History and setting
The estate grew out of a farm, and agriculture is still part of daily life there. The village is quiet, with oak trees, farmyards and open fields around it.
Getting there
The address is Große Straße 12, 27389 Stemmen. The car park in front of the hall has 150 free spaces. Lauenbrück station, on the Hamburg to Bremen line, is about 3 kilometers away. Hamburg and Bremen are each about an hour by car, and Hamburg Airport is the nearest major airport.
