Büdingen - close to the Vogelsberg mountains

Büdingen Youth Hostel is located in the woody eastern part of the city, about 2 km away from the city centre, and surrounded by 10,000 square metres of ground for games and leisure activities.
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Opening hours
The house is open

7.45 a.m. - 10.00 p.m.

The reception is open

8.30 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.

4.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.

Check-in

4.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.

The Hostel and the reception desk are open until 12.00 noon on Sundays.

Prices 2022

B&B from Half board from Full board from
€ 26.00 € 31.50 € 35.50

Prices 2023

B&B from Half board from Full board from
€ 32.10 € 37.80 € 43.00

Locations & directions

The Youth Hostel is located above the city, 2 km to the north-east of the city centre, on the border of a forest.

Our Youth Hostel has 138 beds in 26 homely rooms with up to 8 beds each, depending on what is required. Two of our rooms are suitable for wheelchair users. Six common rooms that can seat up to 50 people are available for fun and games, for conferences or as rehearsal rooms. Our large dining room can even seat up to 100 people and can be used as an additional conference room. Apart from accommodation, our motivated kitchen staff creates beautiful buffets brimming with culinary delights. And the atmosphere at our covered barbecue area and at the bonfire site is special.

Apart from accommodation, the Youth Hostel offers 6 function rooms for up to 40 people plus a dining room for up to 100 people that can all be used for conferences, courses, workshops and festive events. The required technical equipment, such as TV, video recorder, moderator's kit, CD player, projectors, screens, fax etc. is available for our guests.

Room Floor space
Max. number of participants
  • cinema
    cinema
  • parliament
    parliament
  • block
    block
  • U-shaped block
    U-shaped block
  • circle
    circle
 Floor Rent per day
TR 2 40 sqm 40 10 14 12 - B upon request
TR 3 50 sqm 60 26 22 20 - GF upon request
TR 4 40 sqm 40 16 12 13 - B upon request
TR 5 77 sqm 40 20 18 18 - B upon request
TR 6 50 sqm 60 16 16 16 - GF upon request
SchoolBus 24 sqm - 16 - - - GF upon request
Werkraum 50 sqm - 12 - - - GF upon request
Request meeting room
Conference equipment

blackboard, CD player, digital camera, DVD player, flip chart, free wifi, magnetic board, metaplan board, pin board, presentation case, projector, screen, speaker's desk, TV set, video recorder, whiteboard

Room Floor space Height
Max. number of participants
  • Choir
  • Orchestra
 Floor Daylight Rent per day
TR 2 40 sqm 2.6 m 40 18 B yes upon request
TR 3 50 sqm 3.0 m 50 20 GF yes upon request
TR 4 40 sqm 2.8 m 40 18 B yes upon request
TR 5 77 sqm 2.7 m 40 18 B yes upon request
TR 6 50 sqm 3.0 m 50 20 GF yes upon request
Request rehearsal room
Rehearsal room equipment

piano

Leisure activities

  • Stroll through the medieval city of Büdingen and visit its sights and the castle of the FÜRSTEN of Ysenburg and Büdingen.
  • Participate in 3 -5 day workshops on the middle ages, knights, castles etc.
  • Visit to Ronneburg castle.
  • Büdingen open-air swimming pool.
  • Tours of the historic city centre with the night guard or go on an adventure tour of Büdingen.
  • Experiential education programmes.
  • Guided walks in the forest.
  • Museum tour: Heuson musuem (regional museum with changing exhibitions), model railway museum and 1950s museum.
  • Visit to the Celtic museum on Glauberg mountain.