11 Out-of-the-Ordinary Venues in Germany to Inspire Your Site Selection

At the Gastwerk Hotel in Hamburg, an artist in residence creates art in an on-site "art room" and is available to create works with meeting groups as an inspiring activity.

At the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg, small groups can convene in a mysterious space in the attic rumored to be haunted for conversation-starting appeal.

At the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski, the crowd can go outside to the connected roof-deck for views of the sailboats on the Elbe River and an unusual vista of the building's historic façade from behind.

Porsche's plant in Leipzig courts 500 event and meeting groups annually to its dramatic, diamond-shaped facility, where event spaces in various sizes and styles fill multiple stories.

On the fourth level at Porsche Leipzig is a gallery with an exhibition of one-of-a-kind vehicles, which can be reconfigured or moved for event or meeting groups. The gallery runs in a full circle around the building.

Function spaces at Porsche Leipzig have views of the world-class race track outside where groups can hop in luxury vehicles with a professional driver for a completely memorable group activity.

The Gastwerk Hotel, a 120-year-old gas plant in Hamburg is now a Design Hotel with airy and unusual conference space. Meetings and events can make use of a bright venue with a sunny skylight adapted from an area where trains once dropped coal.

The Wälderhaus is a sustainably constructed hotel property in Hamburg with function space and guest rooms made entirely out of wood.

In Hamburg, Wasserwerk is a private event venue in a restored century-old waterworks utility building. At an adjacent restaurant, small groups can dine inside former water tanks.

A Luxury Collection property in Leipzig, the Hotel Furstenhof dates back to 1770, when it was built as a private residence for a banker. Among the spaces groups can use for events and meetings is the Serpentinsaal dining room, done in red with dark cut serpentine stone, silk wallpaper, heavy curtains, velvet-covered antique chairs, and gold chandeliers.

Auerbachs Keller is a centuries-old restaurant and wine cellar in Leipzig, where portions date back to 1525; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was inspired to write Faust in the historical spot. Faustian murals cover the historic walls in the oldest section, and a giant wooden wine cask invites guests to climb atop as part of the venue's spirited tradition. Also available is a newer, larger dining room (pictured).

Event groups can celebrate in the middle of a jungle environment—even if it's snowing outside—in the dramatic covered Gondwanaland section of the Leipzig Zoo.

In Hamburg, the Coast Wine Bar is available for event booking, and guests can dine under a plush living wall of green plants.

At the George hotel in Hamburg, wall sconces take the form of jellyfish as part of an overall stylish decor scheme throughout the property, which offers various indoor and outdoor event venues.

Leipzig's orchestra performs in the Gewandhaus, which has impeccable acoustics and a 250-year history that included performances by Mozart and Mendelssohn. There's a dramatic pipe organ as a centerpiece in the venue's current configuration.