Schloss Romrod hosts seminars, conferences, strategy retreats, team events and weddings. The Rittersaal seats 100 in theater style and 120 at banquet tables, and four smaller rooms take groups of 6 to 40. The castle has 51 bedrooms across the main building and a neighboring house, so a group can work, eat and sleep on one site. Schloss Romrod stands on Alsfelder Straße in Romrod, a small town in the Vogelsberg district of Hesse, in the middle of Germany.
Seminars and company events
The hotel presents itself as a meeting venue in the middle of Germany, and the central location helps teams that travel from several cities. The rooms have Wi-Fi, screens, daylight and blackout, and lift access. Projectors, flat screens and flipcharts are on hand, and hybrid meetings can be set up. The team offers more than 80 supporting programs that can be combined: archery and a team challenge in the courtyard, a table quiz, cooperation games, a cocktail workshop, craft beer and wine tastings, beer yoga and a magic show after dinner. Evening formats include a medieval knights' banquet with minstrels, a private raclette evening by the stove in the Alte Hofreite, and a grill buffet. A vaulted cellar gives another setting for an evening event.
Weddings and receptions
Schloss Romrod plans weddings from the warm-up to the breakfast the day after, for large or small parties, quiet or loud. The Rittersaal suits the dinner, and the courtyard and the castle bar give space for a reception and the late hours.
Rooms and capacities
The Rittersaal measures 142 m² and seats 100 in theater style, 120 at banquet tables, 44 in parliament style (60 with rows in the rear hall) and 28 in a U-shape, with a 12 m² screen and a sound system. The Renaissancezimmer (51 m²) seats 40 in theater style or for dinner and 22 in parliament style or around a block table. The Kaminzimmer (46 m²) takes 20 in theater style and 16 for dinner. The Arbeitsspeicher in the Alte Hofreite (40 m²) seats 35 in theater style and 20 in parliament style, and has a lounge area. The Gruppenraum Baldewein (16 m²) serves breakout groups of about 6 to 12.
Accommodation
The hotel has 39 rooms in the castle and 12 more in the Alte Hofreite, the neighboring house, for a total of 51.
Catering
The castle kitchen cooks for events, from three-course dinners to grill buffets, raclette and themed banquets. The Schlossbar serves drinks in the evening.
History and setting
The moated castle dates from the late 11th century and guarded a trade route through a large forest. The lords of Romrod added a residential and defensive tower between 1220 and 1240. Around 1400 the landgraves of Hesse took over and turned it into a hunting lodge, and from 1562 it belonged to Hesse-Darmstadt. Grand Duke Ludwig IV renovated it between 1879 and 1885, and the grand ducal family used it as a summer residence. After 1945 it housed refugees, then stood empty for years. The State of Hesse sold the castle in 1996 to the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, which has funded its restoration since.
Getting there
The A5 motorway is about five minutes away by car. Alsfeld, the nearest town with a train station, is a short drive, and Frankfurt Airport is the nearest international airport.
