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Schloss Benkhausen, Espelkamp

Schloss Benkhausen

Benkhausen Castle

Espelkamp

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Schloss Benkhausen stands in Espelkamp (Kreis Minden-Lübbecke), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Schloss Benkhausen is a former moated castle built between 1657 and 1683 on an estate first recorded in 1510, in Espelkamp, in the Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia. Long owned by the von Münch and later the von dem Bussche-Münch families, it was requisitioned by British forces after 1945, later served as a care facility, and since the early 2010s has operated as a training and hotel complex under the Gauselmann family. The historic park, laid out again along its eighteenth-century geometric lines, and a barn housing the Deutsches Automatenmuseum are open to visitors, while the manor house itself is used for the training centre's activities.

What to know

  • The main house is not open for independent visits, it now functions as a training centre and hotel.
  • The Deutsches Automatenmuseum, housed in a barn of the former outer bailey, displays more than 1,800 coin-operated machines.
  • The historic park, laid out with geometric avenues, still holds notable old trees such as a copper beech and a Dutch lime.
  • A roughly two-kilometre circular trail, opened in 2018, leads through the adjoining woodland and meadows to the Mittelland Canal.
  • The estate also hosts civil weddings and occasional events such as a Christmas market.

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Where this château is

Espelkamp · Kreis Minden-Lübbecke · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Address

Schlossallee 1, 32339 Espelkamp

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Château phone number

+49 5743 9318210

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Heritage status
Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Can you visit Schloss Benkhausen?
The main building does not offer regular tourist visits, but the park and the Deutsches Automatenmuseum are open to the public.
How old is Schloss Benkhausen?
The present castle was built between 1657 and 1683 on an estate first documented in 1510.
Who owns Schloss Benkhausen today?
Since late 2010 it has belonged to the Gauselmann family, who converted it into a training centre with a hotel between 2011 and 2013.
What is there to see in the Schloss Benkhausen park?
The historic park has notable old trees and a roughly two-kilometre circular trail leading to the Mittelland Canal.
What is the Deutsches Automatenmuseum at Schloss Benkhausen?
It is a private museum of the Gauselmann family, set in a former barn, displaying more than 1,800 coin-operated machines.

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Within an hour’s drive

The most visited in this department — Kreis Minden-Lübbecke