Münsterhof Castle (Horstmar)

Like all Burgmannshöfe, it is located at the edge of the city moat. This connects it to the city wall in the south. The remains can still be seen in the garden. The two-story, two-wing building dates from the Renaissance and is enlivened by ten stone cross windows. A large garden adjoins the building, separated from the street by a wall. Today, it is accessible to the public as a rose garden.

The name derives from the first owners, the Lords of Münster, who were documented there as early as 1347. In 1550, a Lord of Canstein married into the Münsterhof. In 1576, it became Haus Neuhoff. Due to a testamentary provision, Bernhard Engelbert Christian von Beverförde-Werries, the father of Friedrich Christian von Beverförde zu Werries, acquired the estate in 1699. He adopted his nephew Friedrich Clemens von Elverfeldt zu Dahlhausen und Steinhausen and made him his heir. Thus, the property came into the possession of the Elverfeldt genannt von Beverfoerde zu Werries family (noble family). The Münsterhof was thoroughly renovated a few years ago and serves, among other things, as a meeting room for the Volksbank.