Schloss Neu Barenaue

Schloss Neu Barenaue stands in Bramsche, a two-storey building in the neo-Romanesque style. The von Bar family had it built between 1857 and 1862 below the Kalkrieser Berg. The architect was Hermann Hunaeus from Hanover, who followed an English country-house design. Before moving here, the family lived in the water castle Alt Barenaue across the Mittelland Canal. The house replaced an earlier residence that had belonged to the same family for centuries.

The family once owned a collection of Roman coins found by local farmers. In 1884 Julius Menadier, a Berlin numismatist, recorded 1 aureus, 179 denarii and 2 asses for Theodor Mommsen. Mommsen used these finds to suggest that the Kalkrieser-Niewedder Senke nearby was the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Allied troops destroyed the collection in 1945 during the Second World War.

Today the building is divided into six separate homes, some still occupied by von Bar descendants. Nearby is a wild, romantic garden of about 2,000 square metres with ancient trees. The garden is private but can be viewed from outside. The site lies close to the Mittelland Canal and the Kalkrieser Berg nature reserve.