Bensberg Castle

Hotel and former hunting lodge in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Bensberg Castle (German: Schloss Bensberg) is a former royal hunting lodge in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is now operated as a luxury hotel under the name 'Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg'.^[1] The central axis of the building complex is exactly geared to the Cologne Cathedral.

History

The hotel was built in the early 18th century. During the COVID-19 pandemic, association football club 1. FC Köln moved their quarantine training grounds to the site.^[2] From October 1945 to March 1946 it was the home of the 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards.

Drawing of Bensberg Castle in the 19th-century.

References

^ "Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg". Althoff Hotels [de; fr]. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
^ Hain, Guido (8 May 2021). "Hier bezieht der 1. FC Köln bald sein Quarantäne-Trainingslager" [1. FC Köln will soon move into its quarantine training camp here]. General-Anzeiger (in German). Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.