Schloss Ovelgönne takes conferences for up to 200 participants, receptions for up to 300 standing guests and weddings for up to 150, in the Baroque main house of a moated manor in Bad Oeynhausen, East Westphalia. Event rooms are spread over three floors, and the house sits in a garden ringed by its moat.
Seminars and company events
The meeting offer is built around one large room for up to 200 participants and two smaller rooms for up to 60 each, so a plenary session and breakout work can run in parallel. Separate rooms are kept for breaks, and the ground floor terrace and the castle garden give delegates somewhere to step outside between sessions. Half-day and full-day meeting packages cover the basics of a working day, with breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner arranged around the agenda. Free parking is available on site. In January 2022 the venue received the degefest seal as a verified congress and meeting venue, after a three-stage review of facilities, quality management and special features.
Weddings and receptions
Civil ceremonies take place in the Terrassensaal, which the Bad Oeynhausen registry office uses as an outpost on the last Friday of each month. A reception with sparkling wine and canapés follows, inside the house or on the terrace. Weddings can host up to 150 guests or stay small and family-only, and the house can be hired in full for a private party.
Rooms and capacities
The Großer Saal on the upper floor covers about 250 square meters and holds up to 200 seated or 300 standing guests, with a large bar area and a stage. Next to its entrance, the Bistro serves for catering, receptions and breaks and has a concert grand piano. The Kleiner Saal takes up to 60 guests, with a bar and technical setup for DJs and speakers. The Terrassensaal, about 70 square meters, opens directly onto the terrace and the garden. A foyer, which holds an artwork completed for it by René Horstmann in 2018, and a lounge complete the rooms.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms in the house. Overnight stays are arranged with a partner hotel nearby.
Catering
Food comes from the venue's own kitchen, the Ovelgönner Speisenmanufaktur, which covers meeting packages, wedding menus and receptions.
History and setting
The estate was first recorded in 922 as a farm of the Abdinghof monastery in Paderborn, and noble families held it for centuries. In 1740 Johann Friedrich von Weißenfels rebuilt it as a Baroque complex, and that main house still stands. After use as housing for evacuees and then as a retirement home, the building was saved by a local friends' association and renovated by the city between 1981 and 1983. Since July 2013 it has been run under a 20-year lease by a company of the KÖGEL group, which renovated and modernized it again in 2017.
Getting there
Schloss Ovelgönne lies in Bad Oeynhausen, in the Eidinghausen area. Free parking is provided for guests.
