Hofgut Sickertshofen.de

What Hofgut Sickertshofen.de does

Hofgut Sickertshofen is a family-owned estate and event venue located in Schwabhausen in the Dachau district, approximately 35 km north of Munich, Germany. The property is documented since 859 AD and has been owned by the Loock family since 1926; it is currently managed by Stephan Loock, who took over operations in 2021. The estate combines a working agricultural operation with a multi-format event venue serving weddings, corporate events, and private celebrations, and runs seasonal public events including the long-running Kunst & Kürbis pumpkin festival and previously the now-discontinued Hofweihnacht Christmas market.

The venue offering is built around three indoor halls — the historic Gewölbesaal vaulted hall, the Orangerie, and the Beletage — together with extensive outdoor grounds, accommodating events from 30 to 800 guests. A Getting Ready Apartment launched in 2025 adds a dedicated bridal preparation space, and a partnership with Teamgeist extends the venue into corporate team-building packages. Surrounding the venue operations, the estate runs agricultural production and a renewable energy operation including a biogas plant and solar installation, providing a diversified but modest revenue base on top of venue rental and festival admissions.

The business model is asset-based and service-driven: revenue is generated through quote-based venue rental for events, admission fees for the seasonal Kunst & Kürbis festival (priced at €8 per adult for 2026, up from €6 in 2024), equipment and infrastructure rental, agricultural output, and energy sales. The customer base is fragmented across individual weddings, corporate clients, and festival visitors, with no disclosed enterprise contracts. Operations are lean, with 1-10 employees, and the business is entirely family-owned with no external funding, limiting scalability but supporting stable margins on a fixed asset base.

Name

Hofgut Sickertshofen.de

Legal name

Hofgut Sickertshofen

Website

https://hofgut-sickertshofen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1926

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hofgut Sickertshofen is a family-owned historic estate near Munich operating as a wedding and event venue with three indoor halls and outdoor grounds, complemented by agricultural production, a renewable energy operation, and a seasonal pumpkin festival. It serves individual wedding couples, corporate clients, and private celebration guests across the Munich metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Venue Services

NAICS

Accommodation (721)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Reception Planning & Guest Experience (Seating, Favors, Hospitality) (HSACABAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Tent & Canopy Rentals (HSACAFAA)

Keywords

• Event venue rental
• Wedding venue services
• Agricultural operations
• Renewable energy production
• Conference workshop facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Schwabhausen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Event Venue Rental: Rental of event spaces including the Gewölbesaal (vaulted hall), Orangerie, Beletage, Getting Ready Apartment, and outdoor areas for weddings, corporate events, private celebrations, and exhibitions. Revenue generated from space rental fees, with optional add-on services for equipment and coordination.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hofgut Sickertshofen rents out its historic estate as an event and wedding venue north of Munich, with three combinable indoor halls totaling approximately 770 m² and expansive outdoor courtyards accommodating events for 30 to 800 guests. The estate also operates agricultural production (over 120 pumpkin varieties) and on-site renewable energy generation via biogas and photovoltaic systems. Supplementary services include wedding ceremony hosting, a Getting Ready Apartment, conference and workshop facilities, team building events, and event equipment rental.

Product overview

Hofgut Sickertshofen is an historic event and wedding venue located north of Munich, Germany, with documented history dating back to 859 AD. The company operates as a multi-venue hospitality business managed by the Loock family since 1926. Its core offering consists of four distinct event spaces: the historic Gewölbesaal (Vaulted Hall) accommodating up to 200 guests, the elegant Orangerie for up to 100 guests, the rustic Beletage (former hay barn) for up to 120 guests, and expansive Hofgelände (courtyard/outdoor areas) for up to 800 guests. Supplementary services include a Getting Ready Apartment (launched 2025) for wedding preparations, free wedding ceremony venues, team building events partnered with Teamgeist, conference/workshop facilities, and event equipment rental including stretch tents. The company also operates seasonal public events including the annual Kunst & Kürbis (Art & Pumpkin) festival and previously hosted the Hofweihnacht Christmas market. All venues are sustainably powered via the farm's own biogas plant and solar systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kunst & Kürbis: Annual farm festival with around 80 art and culinary exhibitors celebrating the pumpkin harvest.
• Hofweihnacht

Products and services

• Gewölbesaal (Vaulted Hall) Historic mid-18th-century vaulted hall offering approximately 400 m² of event space, accommodating 90-200 guests, restored from a former stable that originally housed 80 cattle.
• Orangerie Elegant 150 m² event room with modern design and antique flair, featuring 14 windows and French doors opening to a covered terrace and amphitheater, accommodating 40-100 guests.
• Beletage Rustic former hay barn offering 220 m² of space with 7 French doors to a balcony overlooking sunset views, accommodating 50-120 guests (up to 95 for celebrations with band, dancing, and buffet).
• Hofgelände (Courtyard and Outdoor Areas)

Quantifiable outcome

• Events and celebrations for groups of 30-800 persons accommodated across combinable spaces

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TeamgeistcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeamgeist specializes in team building events and has partnered with Hofgut Sickertshofen to offer customized team events at the venue. Activities include team challenges, E-Mobility Soapbox Grand Prix, Trading City, archery, Bavarian curling, escape games, impulse reaction exercises, and quiz shows. The partnership provides comprehensive team building solutions leveraging the venue's diverse spaces.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Schloss Elmau: Ultra-luxury castle hotel, retreat, and cultural event venue in Bavaria — a much larger incumbent in the same heritage-as-luxury-event-space category. Comparable atmospheric positioning but operates at substantially higher scale and price point with full resort infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Hotel Schloss Münichhofen: Castle hotel in Lower Bavaria marketing weddings, conferences, and cultural events. Comparable historic-venue positioning with both overnight accommodation and event space, though larger in scale.
• Gut Sonnenhausen: Historic Bavarian estate and certified organic farm near Munich operating as a wedding and event venue with on-site restaurant and guesthouse. Closely comparable as a heritage estate running combined hospitality/agriculture operations in the Munich metropolitan area.
• Schloss Elkofen: Castle wedding and event venue southeast of Munich. Directly comparable on target customer (couples and corporate event planners), historic atmospheric differentiation, and capacity for medium-to-large weddings.
• Schlossgut Grünau: Bavarian castle estate operating as a wedding, conference, and event venue with on-site accommodation. Comparable in heritage asset, multi-room indoor/outdoor capacity, and Munich-area catchment.
• Schloss Hohenkammer: Castle hotel and event venue located north of Munich in the same catchment area as Hofgut Sickertshofen. Hosts weddings, corporate events, and conferences in restored historic buildings — directly comparable in positioning, customer base, and capacity tier.

Regional players

• Freiluft22 (and similar Munich-area event agencies): Munich-area event agency or competing venue operator — adjacency players that compete for the same corporate and wedding planner budgets in the same regional market.

Others

• Teamgeist (partner): Germany-based team-building event provider already partnered with Hofgut Sickertshofen. Comparable as an operator in the corporate event space and a direct distribution/ecosystem partner rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hofgutsickertshofen
• Instagraminstagram.com/hofgut_sickertshofen/?hl=de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hofgut-sickertshofen-de

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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