TagungsKloster Frauenberg hosts seminars, workshops, retreats and training days for groups of 4 to 80, and private or company celebrations for up to 120 guests, with 29 guest rooms on site. It is a Franciscan monastery on the Frauenberg, the hill above the center of Fulda, in Hesse, and the friars run it together with antonius, a local network for people with and without disabilities.
Seminars and company events
Five meeting rooms cover most formats, from a plenary in the refectory to a session for four in the smallest room. All are bright and come with free Wi-Fi, flipcharts, pinboards, projectors and screens, and furniture that can be rearranged. The day package includes Wi-Fi, notepads and pens, a pinboard, a flipchart and a materials case; copies, extra boards and further technology can be added. A simple meditation room is available for quiet breaks, and the monastery garden is open for walks between sessions. Company Christmas parties are offered as a separate format.
Rooms and capacities
The Refektorium, the former dining hall of the friars, is the largest room at 171 square meters. It takes 80 in rows of chairs, 50 at tables in classroom style, 40 in a circle and 35 in a U-shape. For a dinner it seats up to 120. It is a baroque room with wood paneling and old paintings, and its windows look over Fulda.
St. Elisabeth (26 square meters) seats 16 around an oval table. St. Franziskus (38 square meters) takes 13 at tables or in a U-shape and 15 in a circle. St. Antonius (34 square meters) takes 12 at tables or in a block and 15 in a circle. St. Bonaventura (19 square meters) suits four people at a round table.
For receptions, the FLORA klostercafé holds up to 90 guests indoors, and its terrace up to 120, above the rooftops of the town.
Accommodation
The monastery has 29 guest rooms: 16 singles, 2 singles with a shared bathroom, 5 doubles, 4 twins and 2 family rooms. All but the two shared-bathroom singles have their own shower and toilet. Breakfast is organic and served in the café. Free Wi-Fi covers the building, and free parking on the grounds is limited.
Catering
Food comes from the house. The FLORA klostercafé serves breakfast and a warm kitchen during the day, staffed by an inclusive team, and caters for conferences and celebrations in the refectory and on the terrace. The conference brochure sets out the options.
History and setting
Benedictines founded the first monastery on the Frauenberg, and Franciscans have lived here since 1623. The house speaks of more than a thousand years of spiritual tradition on the hill. Since 2016, the Franciscan province has worked with antonius, which employs people with and without disabilities in the kitchen, the conference service, the laundry and the tailoring workshop. The monastery church is part of the site.
Getting there
Fulda station, on several ICE lines, is about 1.5 km away, a 20-minute walk or a short taxi ride. City bus line 1 stops at Frauenberg, about 500 m from the monastery. By car, the A7 (exit Fulda Nord) and the A66 (exit Fulda Süd) lead to the B27 into town. Frankfurt Airport is the nearest major airport.
