The legal wedding. France requires a residential connection with the commune before a civil marriage can be celebrated there — one of the two of you, or a parent, has to live locally. For couples based in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States or anywhere else, that generally rules out a legal ceremony at Le Morimont itself.
In practice it is much less of an obstacle than it sounds. Almost all of our international couples complete the legal formalities at home, before or after the trip, often as a short registry appointment with two witnesses — and then hold the ceremony that actually matters to them here, in the Allée des Seigneurs, led by a celebrant. It is not a lesser ceremony. It is the one your guests will remember, written by you, in whichever language or languages your families speak. We can point you towards celebrants working in English, German and French.
Rules change and every situation is different, so please confirm your own case with your local registry office and, where relevant, with the French consulate: they are the ones who decide, not us.
Getting everybody here. Guests coming from Belgium and the Netherlands mostly drive — roughly five hours from Brussels, seven from Amsterdam — and park on site. Those flying land at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse, thirty-five minutes away, usually connecting through Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt or Zurich. From North America, plan it as you would any destination wedding: a hub, a short hop, and a car for the last stretch.
What your guests will ask you. Where to sleep — eighteen rooms here, more in the villages nearby. What to wear on gravel and grass. And whether there is anything to do around: there is. Basel is forty-five minutes away, the Black Forest an hour and a half, and the castle ruins are a ten-minute walk from the courtyard.