Rothhoff Manor (Costedt)

After the dissolution of the Principality-Bishopric of Minden, Rothhoff fell to the Prussian state. Following the Thirty Years' War, it was given to a Swedish envoy to secure Sweden's consent to the transfer of the principality-bishopric to Brandenburg, a gift that was reversed in 1666. Under Napoleonic rule, it became an imperial French domain and was granted to a French general. Later, in 1822, Prussia sold the estate to a Bremen merchant. Through land acquisition, it became a knight's estate in 1848, and its owner, Caesar zu Rothenhoff, gained a seat in the Prussian Landtag. Between 1945 and 1954, the estate served as the headquarters for the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine and hosted guests such as Princess Margaret, Prince Philip, Field Marshal Montgomery, and General Eisenhower.