Schloss Guntersdorf is a Renaissance castle in the western Weinviertel, in Lower Austria, that can be hired for weddings, receptions, seminars and company events. Indoors, its event rooms hold up to 150 guests. The castle stands at the northern edge of the village of Guntersdorf, on the old Prague road, between the district town of Hollabrunn and the wine town of Retz, 55 kilometers northwest of Vienna.
Seminars and company events
The castle's own pages list Christmas parties, incentives, company events, team-building sessions and product presentations among its uses. It also presents itself as a private retreat for meetings and training courses, with seminars possible at any time of year. The castle can be hired as a whole, so a group has the buildings and the grounds to itself. The site gives no room-by-room capacities for seminars, so describe your format and group size when you send a request.
The castle also opens on request for film and television productions and photo shoots.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, receptions and birthday parties can be held all year. Outdoors, the choices are a civil ceremony in the castle garden, a reception in the courtyard, or a party under the arcades. Indoors, the various event rooms accommodate up to 150 guests for weddings, concerts and other celebrations. The team offers suggestions for catering and decoration.
Rooms and capacities
The one capacity the site states is 150 guests indoors. The spaces it names are the event rooms, the courtyard, the garden and the open arcades on the first floor, which run around the entire inner courtyard and can also be used as living space of a special kind. The 5-hectare park has a network of paths, a large swimming pool with a bathhouse and a tennis court that guests may use.
Accommodation
More than 30 rooms are mentioned as available to guests. The site says that sleeping in the castle itself is possible on a small scale, and that further overnight options exist in the nearby area. The whole castle can be rented from the beginning of May to the end of September, which is the period offered to families and groups who want to stay.
Catering
The castle does not describe its own kitchen. The team gives advice and suggestions for catering and decoration, so plan on bringing in a caterer of your choice and confirm the arrangement in your request.
History and setting
Schloss Guntersdorf is a representative Renaissance castle with details from several periods, from a late Gothic gatehall to a Baroque stone bridge. Tuscan columns and Venetian chimneys point to the cultural influences behind its construction. The surrounding Weinviertel has vineyards and open landscape. Nearby excursions listed by the castle include Schloss Rosenburg, the Baroque castle of Riegersburg, the wine town of Retz, the Laa an der Thaya spa, the Wachau, the Waldviertel and Znojmo in South Moravia, 12 kilometers north. Golf is possible at Schloss Schönborn, 20 kilometers away.
Getting there
The castle is at Kalladorfer Strasse 1, 2042 Guntersdorf. Vienna is reachable in about 45 minutes and Prague in about 2 hours, according to the castle. The pages we read do not mention a station or a shuttle.
