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Wewelsburg Castle was built between 1603 and1609 in Weser Renaissance style as a supplementary residence for the Prince Bishops of Paderborn. The triangular castle, which is located in the village of Wewelsburg (Büren) in the district of Paderborn, stands high on a rock overlooking the Alme Valley.

Wewelsburg district museum includes three sections:

The triangular castle accommodates the Historical Museum of the Prince Bishopric of Paderborn. The Historical Museum presents the history of Paderborn Land from the time of the first settlement to secularisation in 1802.

The contemporary history exhibition "Ideology and Terror of the SS" is located in the former guardhouse in the castle forecourt. This exhibition opens on 15 april 2010. It shows in a detailed local history as well as in a general overview both “faces” of the SS: the ideological “Weltanschauung” and the daily reality of forced labour, concentration camp crimes and mass murder.

The exhibition "Germans in Eastern Central Europe – Flight-Expulsion-Integration" is currently closed and will be reopened soon.

Wewelsburg District Museum is supported by the District of Paderborn. The castle also contains a youth hostel (Tel. (02955-6155).