Schloss Waldegg, a baroque country house and cultural center of the canton of Solothurn, rents its barn, orangery, gardens and festival hall for company meetings, seminars, weddings and private celebrations. Seated dinners run from 20 to 80 guests depending on the room, aperitifs in the gardens up to 100, and civil wedding ceremonies take up to 60. It stands in Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus, a few minutes from Solothurn.
Seminars and company events
Companies can use the castle for meetings, workshops, seminars and smaller company events. The rooms offered to firms are the Gartensaal and the Theatersaal, the baroque garden and the orangery with its garden, and the barn with the Ehrenhof, the front courtyard. The Theatersaal is the festival hall of the castle and can be seated as needed for lectures, seminars and concerts. The Gartensaal suits coffee breaks during a seminar or an aperitif after it. Both rooms are hired to companies and institutions but not for private parties. Guided tours, aperitifs and cultural offers can be added on request, and the team prepares each event to order.
Weddings and receptions
Civil ceremonies take place in the Theatersaal, with up to 60 guests. The registry office sets the dates, and eight slots of 50 minutes per date are offered, with the garden available for photos afterwards. A grand piano can be arranged on request. For the party afterwards, private clients can rent the baroque garden, the orangery with its garden, the barn and the Ehrenhof. The barn, with a beamed ceiling, rough-stone walls and wood, holds dinners with space for dancing. The orangery, among citrus plants, suits festive aperitifs and smaller dinners.
Rooms and capacities
Schlossscheune (barn) and Ehrenhof: seated dinners for 30 to 80 guests, with room to dance.
Orangerie with garden: seated dinners for 20 to 65 guests and aperitifs in the orangery garden for 20 to 100 guests.
Barockgarten: aperitifs for 30 to 100 guests.
Theatersaal: festival hall in the castle, seating on request, civil weddings for up to 60. Not rented for private events.
Gartensaal: coffee breaks and aperitifs around a seminar. Not rented for private events.
Catering
The castle does not cater itself. You book one of the caterers on its partner list, which names five firms in the Solothurn area.
History and setting
Schloss Waldegg is a baroque country residence with gardens, among them a baroque garden, an orangery parterre and a kitchen garden. It is run as a museum and meeting center by the canton of Solothurn. It lies in the recreation area at the edge of the city.
Getting there
The address is Waldeggstrasse 1, 4532 Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus. By train, go to Solothurn main station, then take bus 4 toward Rüttenen to St. Niklaus SO and walk about 10 minutes. The Solothurn-Niederbipp railway to Feldbrunnen, about 15 minutes on foot, and bus 1219 to Feldbrunnen Bahnhof are alternatives. A public car park is on site.
