Drensteinfurt (in low German Stewwert) is a town in the district of Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Drensteinfurt is situated on the river Werse and adjoins (in clockwise direction, beginning in the north-east) to Sendenhorst, Ahlen, Hamm, Ascheberg as well as Münster.

Together with a well constructed system of cycle tracks and field paths this all makes up the typical "Münsterländer Parklandschaft", a description of the landscape around Münster which also fits for the surroundings of Drensteinfurt.

Today it consists mainly of oak- and beech-copses which are intercepted by smaller brownfields and meadows.

On March 23, 1944 a bombing raid by the British Royal Air Force hit the town and some 80 residents died.

The deer is standing on some stones which symbolize the ford that crossed the river Werse in the middleages.

Drensteinfurt is also passed by three Bundesstrassen (federal highways) enabling fast access to the next Autobahn (A1 in Ascheberg).

[3] The sporting complex "Erlfeld" also offers a wide variety of facilities for track and field.

There are 13 indoor skittle lanes (a European variant of bowling) spread over the whole town, normally connected with a pub.

The largest of them (44 m x 22 m, stands for a 300 people audience) is the "Dreingau Halle", home of the local handball team HSG Drensteinfurt/Ascheberg.

Despite the disastrous bombing damage of World War II, still a lot of old buildings could be preserved.

In the Middle Ages Drensteinfurt possessed three town gates, the Münstertor, the Hammertor and the Mühlentor.

Nowadays small walls mark their former sites and commemorative plaques remember these constituents of the town fortification.