Schloss Zell an der Pram in Upper Austria hosts seminars, celebrations and weddings in a Baroque castle that has served as a seminar and conference venue for about 40 years. It offers seven seminar rooms with modern technology, four named event spaces and 57 renovated bedrooms for up to 107 guests, so a group can work, dine and stay in one building.
Seminars and company events
The castle runs seven seminar rooms equipped with modern technology, and some of them contain pianos. Seminar packages include a three-course lunch in the castle restaurants, coffee, tea, mineral and spring water, regional juices and a snack during breaks. Larger programs can use the historic Festsaal, the Freskensaal, the Kulturkeller or the former gymnasium, which is now a multipurpose hall. Seminar requests go through the booking form on the website of the Bildungsschlösser, the group of castles that runs the house.
Weddings and receptions
Wedding ceremonies take place in the historic rooms of the castle. After the ceremony, guests gather in the park for a sparkling wine reception, and the dinner is served in the Festsaal. Couples and guests can stay overnight in the castle. The house also offers Christmas party packages that include a gala dinner in the historic rooms, and it stages dinner events from the castle kitchen.
Rooms and capacities
The website names four event spaces besides the seven seminar rooms. The Freskensaal takes its name from the frescoes painted by Christian Wink in 1771 and 1772. The Festsaal is the historic banquet hall. The Kulturkeller, also called the Bacchus-Keller, is a vaulted cellar. The former gymnasium is a multipurpose hall. The site does not publish capacities for these rooms, so organizers should ask for figures for their layout when they send a request.
Accommodation
The castle has 57 renovated rooms for up to 107 guests. This allows a residential seminar or a wedding weekend without transfers to a hotel.
Catering
The Schlossrestaurant serves hearty, creative cooking from the castle kitchen, with a regional focus. Meals for seminar groups, receptions and dinners come from the same kitchen.
History and setting
The name goes back to the lords de Celle, mentioned in the records of Vornbach monastery in 1250. A water castle stood in the Pram lowlands around 1426. The Tattenbach counts united the estate in 1611 and 1638, and Ferdinand Josef von Tattenbach rebuilt the castle as a hunting lodge between 1709 and 1712. The south wing was built around 1760 to 1771 to plans by Franz de Cuvilliés the Younger. Maximilian von Arco Valley acquired the estate in 1821, and the municipality of Zell an der Pram bought it in 1949 after demolition had been prevented in 1938. After a general renovation from 1975 to 1978, the castle opened in 1979 as the Upper Austrian center for musical adult education.
Getting there
The address is Schlossstraße 1, 4755 Zell an der Pram. Contact is by phone at +43 732 7720 51200 or through the booking forms of the Bildungsschlösser.
