Renkhausen Estate in the Mühlenkreis Minden-Lübbecke district

As the castellans of the Lübbeck knighthood, the history of the former Renkhausen manor was at times closely linked to the history of the town of Lübbeck. First mentioned in a document in 1254, there was once a moated castle surrounded by a wide moat on the site.

Extension and acquisition of the estate
In 1896, Carl Rudolf Stille had the existing manor house extended in the neo-Renaissance style. The estate was acquired by the Kämper family, now Warneke, in 1902.

Features of the estate
A special design feature to the south of the house is a hill with an old lime tree and a grotto. Another striking feature is the several hundred meter long avenue of lime trees on the main access road to the estate.

History of construction and restoration
The listed buildings such as the manor house, the manor house, the threshing barn, the sheepfold and the bridge have been partially restored in recent decades. The original courtyard paving made of natural stone is worthy of note.

The manor park
A small café has been set up in a former sheepfold. The park, which is over 100 years old, presents itself as a historic landscape park with numerous mighty solitary trees - plane trees, hanging beeches, oaks, slit-leaf beech and Douglas fir. The oldest tree in the park is a yew.