Stadtschloß Hecklingen

A beautiful castle hotel that has been restored and renovated with great attention to detail. The castle garden is very beautiful and invites you to linger with a cup of coffee. Dinner and breakfast in these royal rooms were fantastic! The Hall of Mirrors is a real jewel in the castle! The staff is very nice and helpful, wishes are fulfilled. We only spent a short vacation here in these historic walls with a romantic castle atmosphere and would love to come back!

Just beautiful, large rooms, wonderful ambience. Very friendly.Again and again.

Rooms ok 4+A big minus is the lack of Internet in some rooms.

Beautiful ambience with a castle and nearby basilica in the heart of the city of Hecklingen.The menu in the restaurant is very tasty and plentiful.It's a shame that there are no longer any public viewings there for the European and World Championships.

The place is atmospheric, but the floors are crooked, time has stopped there for a while

It's a lovely atmosphere

Eat good.Room clean.Service good

We celebrated our free wedding on September 23, 2023 with a subsequent wedding celebration and overnight stay including breakfast in the Hecklingen City Palace.The arrangement and organization of the celebration went smoothly by phone and/or email. So we coordinated the number of guests (which can be corrected a week before the celebration), decorations and much more and created a schedule.I can highly recommend working with the flower shop in Hecklingen (Nancy's flower shop) for celebrations, as the flower decorations can then be brought directly from the flower shop to the castle.The wedding celebration:Our free wedding ceremony started at 2 p.m. in the hall of the Hecklingen City Palace. The only “problem” that could be resolved in advance was that a microphone could not be connected to the in-house system. Our DJ then brought his own small system and played music.After the wedding was over, we went downstairs for coffee and cake, as the hall on the upper floor had to be converted for the subsequent celebration.To be honest, I missed the comfort while drinking coffee because the tables weren't decorated and unfortunately there wasn't any music playing.The number of pieces of cake was also quite limited - I honestly didn't count.When the hall on the upper floor was remodeled, we went upstairs with the guests and the first drinks were included there. The cold drinks that were ordered with coffee and cake were charged separately.When we arrived at the top of the hall, we sat with the guests at round tables with 10 seats each. There were around 50 guests spread over 5 tables and there shouldn't have been more guests. The dance floor was pleasant and sufficient and the DJ also had enough space for his system.Table decorations, party favors and seating cards were distributed exactly as agreed. Tea lights and glasses for the tea lights were provided by the castle.The waiters were very friendly and always tried to fulfill our wishes. However, in our opinion, the staff was limited because: At the evening buffet, the bowls were relatively small, which is why the containers with the meat were emptied quickly. It then took a while until the containers were refilled. Of course, that's not a problem in itself, but on such an "important" day you don't want to see your guests leaving the buffet with dry potatoes and mixed vegetables.Unfortunately, when the tea lights burned down, they were not replaced because (I think) there was no time for that. I would also like to emphasize again: The staff present gave their all, this criticism is aimed more at the organization.The rooms:All rooms and the castle were blocked from all outsiders on the day of our wedding, so that all rooms were available to us. The rooms were clean, the beds were comfortable and what was a huge plus for us: dogs are allowed.We slept really well and only have positive criticism for the rooms.Breakfast:We had breakfast together at 9:00 am. The breakfast buffet was very varied and ranged from rolls (light/dark), croissants, jam, nut nougat cream, orange juice, coffee, cocoa to cornflakes, fruit salad, cake and scrambled eggs. The tables were set and there were tea lights on them, but unfortunately these were not lit. I would have liked a little background music here too.We checked out at 10:00 a.m., loaded up the wedding presents and then drove home with a full stomach and the leftovers from the buffet from the night before.Conclusion:All in all, it was a very nice celebration that we will remember fondly. There are only a few small things that could be improved, but as already mentioned, we suspect that the shortage of staff is responsible for this.Many thanks to all employees of the Hecklingen City Palace!!!

Very nice old-fashioned atmosphere

Positive: Employees at breakfast service were extremely nice. Buffet plenty! 1x free mineral water per person in the room! The desk in the room was excellent to work with! Room pleasantly large! Beds are ok too. Stair lift on the railing in the stairwell! Material for excursion tips available!Price-performance okay!Negative: The beautiful castle was defaced. Wonderful ceiling paintings, 50 cm below the drywall for the bathroom. The simplest lamps in a castle! Had this as a garage lamp for €19. Just ugly! The curtains are too short and partly broken. The curtain rods are sagging. Carpets partly wavy. (Danger of tripping)! The holder for the shower is loosely attached! Sockets at the secretary would have been great! Minibar consists of 2 bottles of mineral water! Cracks in ceilings and walls everywhere. Cobwebs and dust. Was formerly a retirement home. Some of it was left as is, with emergency buttons etc. Treacherous thresholds everywhere that invite you to fall! Apparently you haven't heard of parquet care either! It needs to be reconditioned! A lot of money would urgently need to be invested in order to renovate it professionally and properly. But no money and no staff. Knife completely blunt during breakfast! Cracked dishes. The hotel restaurant is closed on weekends! No restaurant open in Hecklingen, the place is absolutely “dead”! It smelled extremely like manure everywhere!Conclusion: A lot of potential, with a lot of room for improvement!