Schlossturm Pfäffikon can host talks, conferences, weddings, family parties and cultural events over four floors, with a hall for 90 seated guests, a tavern for 55 and a meeting room for 20. The 800-year-old tower belongs to the castle complex of Pfäffikon in Freienbach, in the canton of Schwyz, and is run by the association Pro Schloss Pfäffikon.
Seminars and company events
The tower offers a conference room and a hall for talks. Equipment listed by the association includes a projector, a screen, exhibition walls, a mobile stage, mobile lighting, a piano and guest Wi-Fi. The small hall on the second floor is arranged as a meeting and seminar room with conference seating for 20. The great hall on the first floor suits lectures and presentations, with concert seating for 90, and the history page of the site says the hall has space for up to 100 people.
The association names business events next to weddings, family parties and cultural events as uses of the rooms. A user regulation for 2026 is published on the site and governs rentals.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are held in the small hall, which the site mentions explicitly as a ceremony room. The tavern on the ground floor and the great hall can serve for the reception or the celebration, and the tower is reached across the moat, which gives arrivals a clear setting. The site does not state a wedding capacity, so organizers should use the seat counts of each room as a guide.
Rooms and capacities
The Begegnungsraum on the ground floor is the former tavern, with a beamed ceiling and 55 seats. The Grosser Saal on the first floor has 90 seats in concert layout, thick Romanesque masonry, many window openings and a high beamed ceiling. The Kleiner Saal on the second floor has 20 seats in conference layout and was once the only heated living room of the castle. The Ausstellungsraum on the third floor measures 100 square meters and shows exhibitions to good effect, with exhibition walls available.
Accommodation
The tower has no accommodation. Overnight guests need to book hotels in the surrounding area.
Catering
Three tower caterers are available for events, and organizers choose one of them: Erna Management AG, Egli Catering AG and IssGut GmbH. Each handles quotes directly. The ground-floor tavern works as the restaurant of the tower.
History and setting
The tower was once the granary of the Einsiedeln monastery. From 1820 to 1986 it had no meaningful use. The monastery and the association Pro Schloss, founded in 1983, developed the concept of opening the tower to the public as a cultural center. Renovation took place from 1986 to 1988 and kept the room shells, with all technical installations placed in the annex. In the great hall, a large area of Romanesque plaster from around 1250 was preserved. The association also runs a yearly program of concerts, readings, cabaret and exhibitions.
