St. Charles Hall is a historic villa in Meggen, on Lake Lucerne, that companies and private hosts can rent for seminars of 8 to 120 people, banquets or aperitifs for up to 150 guests, and weddings of up to 80. The building is run by a foundation, and the lake and the central Swiss mountains are in view from the house.
Seminars and company events
The official site presents the villa for exclusive meetings and events in stylish rooms. A seminar can host from 8 to 120 people, and a banquet or aperitif up to 150. The site names the view of Lake Lucerne and the central Swiss mountains as part of the offer, and it points out that the villa is easy to reach by public transport thanks to its central location.
The rental menu of the website has separate pages for seminars and company events, for Christmas events, for photo and film shoots, and for weddings. A price page and a page about the rooms exist as well, though they were not part of the pages read for this profile. Ask the team for the room list and the layouts before you plan a program.
Organisers who plan a larger event in central Switzerland can also use the Lucerne Convention Bureau. According to the villa, this body supports event planners free of charge with hotels, side programs and local partners across the Lucerne and Lake Lucerne region.
Weddings and receptions
The villa is rented for weddings of up to 80 people. The ceremony, the aperitif and the dinner all take place in one location, in several formal rooms of the house. The couple has the house to themselves for one day, and the site shows the shore of Lake Lucerne and the mountains as the backdrop for photos. The villa says that 2027 is fully booked and that the next available weekends start in 2028, so weddings need long planning.
Rooms and capacities
The official pages give the capacities by format rather than by room: seminars from 8 to 120 people, banquets and aperitifs up to 150 people, weddings up to 80 people. The names and sizes of the individual rooms are on the rooms page of the site, which was not included in the pages read here. The villa also owns a pipe organ from 1924, built by Goll, which suits a concert or a ceremony with music.
History and setting
The villa was completed in 1925 and was first lived in by its builders, Tonio and Mary von Riedemann. In 2025, the house celebrated its 100th anniversary. Today the St. Charles Hall foundation runs it with a public-interest purpose: it keeps the villa open to the public and available for cultural, social and private events, so that the architectural heritage stays alive as a meeting place. The site also offers guided tours, a virtual walk through the house and public events.
Getting there
The address of the administration is Benzeholzstrasse 41, 6045 Meggen. The villa describes itself as well served by public transport, but the pages read do not name a station or a bus line, so ask the team for the best route for your group and for parking.
