Steinfurt brings together architectural history and music with museums, crafts and routes through Burgsteinfurt and Borghorst. If you are looking for accommodation in Steinfurt, you can shape your stay around the topic that interests you most: concert history, Bauhaus, local history, or routes to mills and through historic areas. The routes also vary considerably in length, providing a practical basis for choosing.

Concert Gallery, Castle and Bauhaus

The Concert Gallery was built in 1774, modeled on the Grand Trianon garden hall at Versailles, and is considered Europe’s oldest freestanding concert hall. International artists perform at the Concert Gallery in Bagno Park. If you would like to include a performance in your stay, check the event dates in advance; this does not imply any particular schedule or recurring performance pattern.

Steinfurt Castle is a moated castle featuring Romanesque, Rococo and Neoclassical elements. It is inhabited by the descendants of its builders, the families of the Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt; visits are not currently possible. Check the latest status before visiting. This lets you appreciate the striking architecture as part of the town’s history without planning to visit the interior.

The museums also offer a range of different perspectives. The Burgsteinfurt Town Museum provides an overview of local history from the Early Middle Ages to the early 19th century. The HeinrichNeuyBauhausMuseum displays works by Heinrich Neuy and other Bauhaus students and teachers, including designs and work in art, design and architecture. The Borghorst Heritage House features a traditional corner shop, a spinning and weaving room, a pharmacy, a shoemaker’s workshop and a wooden shoe workshop. Visits there are subject to special events or prior arrangement.

In Burgsteinfurt, the blue-printing workshop explains various blue-printing techniques, displays its products and makes custom pieces on request. This adds a focus on craftsmanship to visits to the museums. Together, these places offer different perspectives on Steinfurt: from a historical overview and Bauhaus works to workshops and traditional establishments.

Choose routes by theme and length

For a walk with a clearly defined historical theme, the 4.2-kilometer “Borghorst Through the Ages” route leads to 17 stops with 19 information panels. It focuses on how Borghorst has changed over the past century. The details about the stops and panels make this walk easy to distinguish from the longer routes through several areas.

The Mill Circular Route is 10.2 kilometers long. It passes through Burgsteinfurt’s historic old town, Bagno Park and over Buchenberg, as well as through the rural district of Hollich. Along the way, it passes, among other places, the Niedermühle and Hollicher Windmill. If you are looking for a route featuring varied townscapes and named mills, this offers a different itinerary from the historical walk in Borghorst.

At 15.2 kilometers, the Concert Gallery Circular Route is longer. It passes through Burgsteinfurt’s historic town center, Bagno Park and on to the center of Borghorst. Its route description therefore connects both areas, while the 4.2-kilometer walk remains focused on Borghorst’s past century. For cyclists, the more than 40-kilometer Münsterland Cycle Route also runs directly through Steinfurt, from Rheine to Coesfeld. The total length refers to the route between its endpoints, not to a section within the town.

You can base your choice of stay on specific interests: the Concert Gallery and architectural history, local history and crafts, or one of the routes with the listed paths and stops. Check event dates if a concert is important to your plans, and confirm the castle’s current visiting status before you go.

Discover more destinations: Mettingen, Altenberge, Greven, Laer, Recke, Rheine, Lienen, Saerbeck.

Back to the main travel overview: Steinfurt.