The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang has welcomed guests to the Salzkammergut for generations — a lakefront hotel with celebration spaces that hold up to 120 guests.
The White Horse Inn has been part of the Austrian cultural imagination for over a century — immortalised in operettas, novels, and generations of family summer holidays on the Wolfgangsee. Yet the Romantik Hotel Im Weissen Rössl has never coasted on nostalgia. Under Head Chef Hermann Poll, the kitchen at Poll's Kaiserterrasse has earned three Michelin toques, and the lakefront Scheffelsaal, Benatzky Stüberl, and Sissi Terrace host weddings for up to 120 guests with the kind of culinary seriousness you rarely encounter at hotel receptions.
Celebrations begin with the ceremony — in the church of St. Wolfgang, where the famous winged altarpiece by Michael Pacher has stood since 1481, or at the civil registry — then return to the lakeside for a reception that pairs the long golden light of an Austrian summer evening with menus built around regional ingredients and the pastry kitchen's individual wedding cake creations. The Wolfgangsee does the rest: emerald water, white peaks, and the particular stillness of a lake that has been drawing people here for a very long time.
Enquire about Romantik Hotel Im Weissen Rössl am Wolfgangsee →The hotel accommodates up to 120 guests across multiple spaces including the Scheffelsaal, Benatzky Stüberl, and the Sissi Terrace overlooking the lake.
The hotel's culinary team, led by Head Chef Hermann Poll, holds three Michelin toques. Wedding menus are custom-planned with regional and international dishes, and the in-house pastry kitchen creates individual wedding cakes.
Church ceremonies take place in the historic St. Wolfgang church, famous for its 15th-century Pacher altar; civil ceremonies are held at the local registry office.
Yes — a dedicated wedding suite is available for the bridal couple's wedding night, and the hotel offers a wide range of rooms and suites for all guests.
The hotel's spa includes a heated lake bath at 30°C, a lakeside whirlpool at 37°C, a multi-level sauna landscape, an indoor pool, and a full range of beauty and massage treatments.
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