It is used for biodynamic farming, and also a venue of community events, such as a culture festival called Voices.

The first building was a moated castle from 1312, which was owned from 1484 by the von der Borch family.

Documented from 1483, the Borch family [de] was resident on the estate, given as a fief of Bishop Simon III zur Lippe [de], the head of the Diocese of Paderborn.

[2] When the moated castle was destroyed by a fire, the Borch family erected a manor house in Neoclassical style, built from 1801 to 1809 by Wilhelm Carl Hisner, an architect from Kassel, within the former moat.

[3] The 2018 Voices festival opened with a concert of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, soprano Sara Hershkowitz singing songs by Richard Strauss.