Bensberg Castle

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 aligned with Cologne Cathedral.

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.