City Palace Coesfeld

Together with the adjoining park, the city palace is one of the defining historical sites in the heart of Coesfeld's city centre. In the immediate vicinity is the market square with St Lambert's Church and the town hall. The city palace itself is now also part of the city administration.

The so-called city castle, together with the adjoining park, is one of the most characteristic historical buildings in the core of Coesfeld's city centre. Among the population it is not only called the "city castle", but also the "Liebfrauenburg". There are good reasons for this:

The history of the town castle is very eventful. It was built between 1664 and 1666 as a Jesuit college under the then Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen.

In 1803 it passed to the Salm-Grumbach family, who took on the title Salm-Horstmar after 1806. They used the building as a castle for a short time before the former Varlar monastery became the family's residence.

During the Second World War, large parts of Coesfeld's town centre were badly damaged. The town castle was also a victim of the bombs. After reconstruction, during which the gateway and Bernhard-von-Galen-Straße were also built, the order "Sisters of Our Lady" used the building as a convent. The name "Liebfrauenburg" dates from this time.

In 1978, the sisters moved into their new convent "Annenthal" on Gerlever Weg, and the city of Coesfeld acquired the building. From 2010 onwards, extensive renovation and functional optimisation took place. Today, the so-called city castle is the city's administrative building.

• The city palace is part of the city administration and cannot be visited from the inside.
• An outside visit is possible at any time.