Burg Ziesar, the former residence of the bishops of Brandenburg, offers five spaces for hire, indoors and outdoors: two halls for up to 100 guests each, a café for 24 and a cobbled courtyard with room for more than 1,000 visitors. The castle is in Ziesar, in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark in Brandenburg, and runs as a museum, so events are booked around a working heritage site.
Seminars and company events
The Glassaal is the room the castle names for meetings. Finished in 2005, it is a modern building with floor-to-ceiling windows that open onto the courtyard. It holds 100 guests and has toilets, a cloakroom and a kitchen. The castle lists conferences, weddings and cultural events as its uses. The Burgcafé suits a small meeting of up to 24 people and has its own kitchen and toilets.
Weddings and receptions
The Glassaal is named for weddings. The Burgsaal is the alternative for family celebrations. It is a plain room on the ground floor of a former outbuilding, across from the late Gothic chapel and the Palas, with tables and chairs for a maximum of 100 people, a kitchen, a terrace and toilets. The courtyard and the park can be added for an outdoor reception.
Rooms and capacities
- Glassaal: 100 guests, glazed side facing the courtyard, kitchen, cloakroom, toilets.
- Burgsaal: up to 100 people, kitchen, terrace, toilets, for family parties and cultural events.
- Burgcafé: 24 people, kitchen and toilets, for small gatherings. It stands between the local history museum and the library, opposite the castle, next to the car park.
- Burghof: fully paved courtyard, enclosed by buildings, for more than 1,000 visitors, used for festivals, markets and concerts.
- Burgpark: a park with the castle as backdrop, suited to open-air concerts, historical encampments or a picnic.
The car park, the courtyard and the park are listed for outdoor events. A fee schedule governs the terms of use and the costs, and the castle asks for reservations in writing or by phone.
Catering
The Glassaal, the Burgsaal and the Burgcafé each have a kitchen. The official site does not name a caterer or an in-house restaurant, so plan the catering yourself or ask the castle how it is usually arranged.
History and setting
The castle is first documented in the 10th century, and its oldest surviving parts probably date from around 1200. Its high point came from the middle of the 14th century to the middle of the 16th, when the bishops of Brandenburg lived here. Remains of that period include underfloor heating systems and wall paintings. The Jerusalem Room, built in the 1330s, keeps large wall paintings of that time. After the Reformation the castle served as an administrative seat, from 1819 to 1945 it was privately owned, and from 1954 to 1993 it housed a boarding school. The museum of Brandenburg church and cultural history in the Middle Ages opened on May 13, 2005, and the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark supports it.
Getting there
By car or coach, take the A2 and leave at the Ziesar exit. By public transport from Berlin or Magdeburg, take the regional train RE 1 to Brandenburg or Wusterwitz, then bus 559 or 562 to Ziesar, stop Frauentor or Breiter Weg. The castle is then about a five to seven minute walk.
