Who owned Schloss Rheda?

Since 1557 the estate has been the main seat of the princely house of Bentheim-Tecklenburg.

Are there museums to visit at Schloss Rheda?

The outer bailey houses a carriage museum in the former Marstall and a toy and costume museum in the Komödienhaus.

Where is the castle's music library kept today?

It has been on loan to the university library in Münster since 1966.

Where is Schloss Rheda located?

In Rheda-Wiedenbrück, in the Kreis Gütersloh, in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Schloss Rheda

Rheda Castle

Rheda-Wiedenbrück

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Schloss Rheda stands in Rheda-Wiedenbrück (Kreis Gütersloh), 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 Rheda is a former moated castle built on an artificial sand mound amid the marshy lowlands of the upper Ems river, in Rheda-Wiedenbrück. Its oldest surviving part, the thirteenth-century Kapellenturm, combines a gate tower, a double chapel and a residential tower in a single structure, a combination considered unusual in Westphalia. Since 1557 the estate has served as the principal seat of the princely house of Bentheim-Tecklenburg, which turned the medieval stronghold into a baroque residence. The outer bailey still keeps its eighteenth-century half-timbered buildings, which now house a carriage museum and a toy and costume museum.

What to know

The castle is surrounded by an extensive historic park and lies on the Westphalian 100-Schlösser-Route.
The outer bailey, encircled by a branch of the Ems river, houses a carriage museum in the former Marstall and a toy and costume museum in the Komödienhaus.
The garden, laid out as early as 1623 and restored in 1988 according to nineteenth-century plans, surrounds the classical orangery.
The castle's former music library has been on loan to the university library in Münster since 1966 and is no longer kept on site.
The site is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Germany.

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Open daily from 10am-5pm (Schlosskapelle)

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Where this château is

Rheda-Wiedenbrück · Kreis Gütersloh · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Steinweg 16, 33378 Rheda-Wiedenbrück-Rheda

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Château phone number

+49 5242 94710

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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What makes Schloss Rheda distinctive?: Its thirteenth-century Kapellenturm combines a gate tower, a double chapel and a residential tower in a single building, an unusual arrangement in Westphalia.
Who owned Schloss Rheda?: Since 1557 the estate has been the main seat of the princely house of Bentheim-Tecklenburg.
Are there museums to visit at Schloss Rheda?: The outer bailey houses a carriage museum in the former Marstall and a toy and costume museum in the Komödienhaus.
Where is the castle's music library kept today?: It has been on loan to the university library in Münster since 1966.
Where is Schloss Rheda located?: In Rheda-Wiedenbrück, in the Kreis Gütersloh, in North Rhine-Westphalia.