Wedding Venues in Eastern Switzerland
Eastern Switzerland is the quiet side of the country and the best value in it. Lake Constance gives you shoreline hotels at Rorschach and Romanshorn and the storybook old town of Stein am Rhein; the Walensee offers cliffs and clear water an hour from Zurich; Appenzell and the Toggenburg hold hill farms and wooden guesthouses. St. Gallen and Schaffhausen have the formal rooms, including the Rhine falls above Neuhausen. Venues here rarely publish a wedding brochure and often quote per head with everything included, so ask early. English is less common than in Zurich, and the welcome is warmer.
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Warth, Thurgau
A working Carthusian monastery estate in Thurgau with its own farm, winery and brewery, hosting weddings from 10 to 250 guests.
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Schwägalp, Appenzell · since 1935
The cable car operator's own wedding packages still sell a ride to a 2,502 meter summit restaurant, months into a rebuild that has grounded the lift since May 2026.
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Rorschacherberg, Lake Constance · since 1557
A Bio Suisse Knospe and Demeter certified castle hotel on Lake Constance, organic down to the staff wages, deliberately plain rather than polished, seating up to 120 for a ceremony.
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Unterwasser, Toggenburg
A Herzog and de Meuron summit restaurant at 2,262 meters, reached only by cable car, where the operator sells a tour of its own architecture alongside 3 wedding packages.
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Hagenwil, Thurgau
A moated castle in Thurgau whose day-to-day business is a restaurant, Wasserschloss Gastronomie AG, that also caters weddings for up to 200 guests.
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Kreuzlingen, Lake Constance
A restaurant-run castle inside Kreuzlingen's 2.5 km public lakeside park, owned by the city since 1958, where full-day exclusivity buys the building but not the park around it.
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Arbon, Lake Constance
A city-owned castle on Lake Constance renting a dedicated civil-ceremony room and a separate reception hall, priced and permitted by the municipality's own fee ordinance.
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Romanshorn, Lake Constance
A Lake Constance shipping company where the captain can marry you at anchor, though not legally, and where guest capacity depends on which of two fixed sailing programs you book.
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St. Gallen · since 1983
A 4-star superior business hotel in St. Gallen's old town sells weddings as a priced, documented package, not a scenic backdrop, 6 minutes on foot from the station.
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Historic monastery estate in Schlatt run by a Georg Fischer foundation, with ceremonies under old trees or in an indoor hall, apéro in the cloister and banquets for 40 to 120.
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Osterfingen, Schaffhausen · since 1584
A protected 1584 wine-press hall above a Schaffhausen vineyard village, where the actual wine press now stands outside as a courtyard display.
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Eschenz, Thurgau
A stock company on the Untersee that runs weddings inside its own seminar and event hotel business, where full-day exclusivity from other bookings costs CHF 2'000 extra.
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Roggwil, Thurgau
A restored medieval tower near Lake Constance where a wedding moves room by room, from a 25-seat chapel and vaulted cellars up to an 80-seat baroque hall.
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Freier Platz 10, Schaffhausen
A Schaffhausen restaurant on the Rhine that treats a wedding like any other booking, CHF 2,000 minimum spend, no room rental, six menus from CHF 88 to CHF 125.
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Marbach, St. Gallen
A Rheintal castle restaurant where a wedding menu at CHF 50 a head or more waives the room fee outright, no rental charged on top.
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Heerbrugg, Rheintal
A working vineyard estate near Heerbrugg with a detailed wedding package and cancellation schedule that never once mentions its own autumn harvest.
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Underground test gallery at Flums Hochwiese whose Event-Cavern hosts weddings for 40 to 200, with its own kitchen, parties until 4 am and a published sample budget.
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Romanshorn, Lake Constance
A 19th-century granary on Lake Constance, leased and run by a ferry company, that rents three bare event floors and sources catering itself because the building has no kitchen.
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Arbon, Lake Constance · since 2013
A family-run boutique hotel-restaurant in Arbon's old town whose own wedding page sends couples to Schloss Arbon for the ceremony and covers the reception, kitchen and rooms after it.
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Event house on the Lake Zurich waterfront in Rapperswil, with Mediterranean kitchen, 2 restaurants and room for weddings of up to 250 guests.
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Two party ships on Lake Zurich, the LS Stäfa for up to 120 and the LS Steinschiff for up to 80, hired for weddings with an online quote calculator.
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Hotel on the Seerhein promenade in Gottlieben offering small wedding lunches and dinners, or exclusive hire of the whole hotel with a ceremony on the promenade.
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Rathausstrasse 1, 8570 Weinfelden · since 1550
A Weinfelden guesthouse dating to 1550 that files weddings under its Bankett and Seminar menu, the same room, the same contract, one wedding-specific fee.
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Dorfstrasse 40, 9108 Gonten
A wedding hall in Gonten built from Appenzell moon wood, with the region's other named traditions kept to a separate page and a separate building.
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Steinerstrasse 501, Diessenhofen · since 1455
A Rhine-side Gasthaus with a room sized for 24 guests, but a wedding enquiry form and contract that both set the guest count at 60.
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Obere Seestrasse 60, Ermatingen · since 2021
A single 1956 motor ship in Ermatingen harbor that a couple charters whole, with one crew, one price list and one kitchen, not a fleet of interchangeable vessels.
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Tobias Wein.Gut.
NewFamily-run vineyard estate in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley, offering flexible event spaces for 30 to 150 guests.
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Hotel in its own vineyard above Flums, beside the Gräpplang castle ruins, taking weddings for up to 80 guests from its December 2026 opening.
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Family fruit farm in Altnau by Lake Constance that hosts weddings and wedding apéros among its apple trees, with holiday flats, a Bubble Hotel and home cooking.
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Wildhaus, Toggenburg
A family-run hotel above Wildhaus that markets itself as a gourmet address, not a design one, next door to an architect-built sound hall it doesn't own.
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Wildhaus, Toggenburg
A family-run village hotel in Wildhaus, reached by road or postbus rather than cable car, with an indoor backup built into the same building for bad weather.
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Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg
The ecumenical Lukas-Kapelle offers a priest or a pastor on request, and rents free only when the couple also books an apéro or dinner with an overnight stay.
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Reformed village church in Stein, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, seating about 320 for church weddings, with a small parish hall for up to 30 guests.
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Lerchenfeld 9, 9601 Lütisburg Station
A rooftop terrace above Lütisburg with a named indoor fallback for bad weather, though its own wedding-page photos turn out to be AI-generated rather than real.
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Dozwilerstrasse 12, Hefenhofen
A working smallholding's barn in Thurgau that sells only an all-inclusive wedding package and publishes no price anywhere on its site.
Frequently asked questions
What are my options for a wedding on the water in Eastern Switzerland?
You can charter a single vintage motor ship in Ermatingen or choose from two specific party ships on Lake Zurich. One of the Lake Zurich vessels holds up to 120 guests, while the other accommodates up to 80.
Can I host a wedding in a rustic or historic setting?
There are several unique historical options, including a protected 1584 wine-press hall in a vineyard village and a traditional wedding hall built from Appenzell moon wood. You can also find a working smallholding's barn or a guesthouse dating back to 1550.
Are there any venues specifically suited for smaller, intimate groups?
One Rhine-side gasthaus offers a room sized for 24 guests. Other venues, such as the guesthouse in Weinfelden or the hotel near the castle ruins in Flums, cater to mid-sized groups of up to 80.
How do I handle mountain weddings if the weather turns bad?
Some mountain venues offer specific solutions, like a rooftop terrace with a named indoor fallback area. Others, such as the summit restaurant reachable by cable car, provide structured wedding packages for your planning.
Is it possible to have a wedding ceremony at a mountain venue?
One Berghotel offers an ecumenical chapel and can provide a priest or pastor upon request. This free rental is available if you also book an apéro or dinner along with an overnight stay.