Schloss Hohenerxleben hosts seminars, retreats, small conferences, weddings and family celebrations, with seven rooms for about 15 to 60 people and a restaurant seating 70. The listed castle stands on Friedensallee in Hohenerxleben, a district of Staßfurt in Saxony-Anhalt, next to a park along the Bode river.
Seminars and company events
The castle suits small groups that want quiet and character rather than a large conference floor. Rooms come with pinboards, a projector, a screen, a flip chart and overhead and slide projectors, and conference equipment is included. On request, the team adds team-building sessions in creative painting or writing, theater improvisation, yoga or oriental dance, short music or theater pieces between sessions, and massages or baths after a long day. Music and theater rehearsal equipment can be arranged when available. The castle is smoke-free and asks guests to keep phones out of the shared rooms, which helps a group stay focused.
Weddings and receptions
The wedding ceremony takes place in the wood-paneled Ahnensaal, with a registrar from Staßfurt, and live music can be arranged. Two Trauzimmer give views into the chapel oriel and toward the Grüner Salon. The restaurant prepares festive lunches, a U-shaped table for dinner and a house-made wedding cake, and a wedding suite with a balcony is made ready for the couple. The castle also hosts birthdays, christenings, anniversaries, class reunions and Christmas parties.
Rooms and capacities
The Weisser Saal, with a stage, takes about 60 and has not yet been renovated. The Theaterfoyer, with wood paneling, stucco and oak parquet, takes about 50. The Kammermusiksaal, with a historic painted ceiling and good acoustics, and the oak-paneled Ahnensaal, with its chapel oriel and armorial windows, take about 40 each. The Kaminzimmer with its open fire takes about 20, and the Grüner Salon, with an Art Nouveau tiled stove and a grand piano, about 15. A movement room with a sprung wooden floor, in the converted barn of the nearby Kreativhaus, also takes about 15.
Accommodation
The castle hotel has eight individually furnished rooms on three floors of the Renaissance wing, with 24 beds on futon mattresses and extra beds on request. The Antoniussuite and the Luisensuite are on the first floor. Under the roof, the 55 m² Finkenstiege family floor sleeps 11 around a group room. A breakfast buffet is served each morning, and a wellness area is part of the house.
Catering
The castle restaurant seats 70 in a wood-paneled dining room from the Gründerzeit period. It plans menus, buffets and drinks for events, bakes its own cakes and keeps a wine list.
History and setting
Hohenerxleben is first recorded in 1205. The von Krosigk family bought the castle in the early 16th century and reshaped it over the following centuries; Hanover architect Ferdinand Schorbach added the neo-Renaissance tower in the late 19th century. After the family was expropriated in 1945, the building became a training site, then stood empty and decayed from 1991. Since August 24, 1997, a nonprofit foundation, set up with the help of Ingrid von Krosigk, has owned the castle and restored it step by step.
Getting there
The address is Friedensallee 27, 39443 Staßfurt, district of Hohenerxleben. Staßfurt station is the nearest rail stop, and Magdeburg lies about 35 km to the north.
