Seminars and company events
Šluknovský zámek rents its restored representative rooms for conferences, training sessions, business meetings, company receptions and parties for up to 80 people. The castle is the main historic building of Šluknov, a town in the far north of the Czech Republic close to the German border, and it is owned and run by the town.
For business use the castle provides a projector and a professional sound system, and an internal computer network can be set up for a conference. The team also offers to organize corporate events on request, from a meeting with partners to a company reception or celebration. Product presentations, exhibition openings and social evenings are listed among the uses. While a private event or a wedding is under way, public tours and exhibitions do not run, so the group has the rooms to itself.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a regular activity. A wedding hall was created in 2007 when the first floor was restored, and in summer ceremonies are also held at the fountain in the rose garden beside the castle. Only one wedding takes place at a time in the castle or the park. Dates are reserved through an online booking system, and couples should check that a date is free in all castle spaces before choosing it. Ceremonies follow Czech civil law on marriage and registries.
Rooms and capacities
The site gives a single figure of up to 80 people for corporate events and conferences, without naming the individual rooms or splitting the number by layout. The interiors are restored in Saxon Renaissance style. The guided tour route covers most of the building, including the private apartment, office, bedroom, children's room and dining room of the last owner, which gives a sense of the rooms available around the event spaces.
Catering
The site does not describe catering for events. A café with a terrace operates at the castle, so ask the team whether it or an outside caterer will serve your event.
History and setting
A wooden manor stood here by 1487. Ernst von Schleinitz built the present Renaissance residence between 1566 and 1573. Later owners included the Mansfeld, Dietrichstein, Gallas and Harrach families, the businessman Ernst Grumbt, who bought the estate in 1876, and Erwin Leopold Nostitz-Rieneck, the last private owner, from the 1930s. After the Second World War the castle passed to the town, and a municipal museum opened in 1949. A fire on April 2, 1986 destroyed the roof and much of the upper floors. Reconstruction began in 2005: the ground floor was finished in 2006, the first floor in 2007 and the second floor in 2008, with a new slate roof and a restored facade.
The English landscape park, probably laid out in the second half of the 19th century, was revitalized between 2009 and 2011 with a rebuilt boundary wall, new gates, paths, two ponds and a rose garden with a fountain.
Getting there
The castle is at Zámecká 642, Šluknov. A paved and lit car park sits next to the castle. Šluknov has a railway station on regional lines, and Dresden Airport, across the German border, is the nearest international airport, with Prague farther south.
