Blessenohl Manor (Wenholthausen)

The Blessenohl house is located about two kilometers north of Eslohe-Wenholthausen on state road 541. At the end of 2010, Blessenohl had 3 inhabitants.

The Blessenohl estate was first mentioned in a document in 1425. The owner at that time was Heinrich von Beringhausen. Two years later, the property was sold to the von Schade family. In 1749, Josef Anton von Schade intended to transform his Blessenohl estate into a Commandery of the Order of St. John. However, the plan was not carried out. Between 1741 and 1742, the farm was then converted into a manor house. The von Schlade family remained owners of the house until its sale on February 2, 1817.

The new owner was then Caspar von Wrede from Amecke. After his death in 1832, two years later Maximilian von Kleinsorgen bought the estate and moved his residence from Schüren to Blessenohl. In 1846, von Kleinsorgen received the title of Baron. In 1869, he united his three estates Blessenohl, Schüren, and Bettinghausen into a family fideicommissum.

After 1933, the estate was occupied by the National Socialists. After the occupation, the property was used as a pre-military youth education camp. In 1940, the branch of the von Kleinsorgen family based in Blessenohl died out. The widow von Kleinsorgen (née Tesch) married Antonius Eickelmann zu Lüdighausen after her husband's death. After her death, the inheritance fell to her niece Ursula Molzan.

Around 1952, nuns took over the property to establish a church retirement home there. From 1986 to 2005, the Landschaftsverband used the estate as a youth home. In 2009, the estate returned to private ownership.