Kreismuseum Wewelsburg
The Kreismuseum Wewelsburg is the museum of the district of Paderborn in the Wewelsburg.
It was inaugurated in 1925 as the homeland museum of the former district of Büren. The Wewelsburg was in possession of the SS between 1934 and 1945 who wanted to set up a meeting centre for their highest-ranking officers. Re-established after World War II as a district museum, it today includes the "Historische Museum des Hochstifts Paderborn" [Historic Museum of the Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn] (history of the Paderborner region until first integration of the former Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1802/03) and the "Erinnerungs- und Gedenkstätte Wewelsburg 1933 – 1945" with the permanent exhibition "Ideologie und Terror der SS".
How to get here
Address
Burgwall 19, 33142 Büren-Wewelsburg
How to get here
Own car park
Public transport
Bus routes S61, Sk1 and 461 stop at Wewelsburg.
The S61 express bus travels regularly from Paderborn main railway station (in the direction of the airport) to Büren-Wewelsburg, bus stop "Kreismuseum".
Opening hours
Tuesdays – Fridays: 10 am - 5 pm
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays: 10 am - 6 pm
Last entry: 30 minutes before closing!
Closed on Mondays, Christmas Eve, Christmas day, New Year's Eve and New Year.
Pricing
Wewelsburg 1933 – 1945 Erinnerungs- und Gedenkstätte [memorial site]
Historisches Museum des Hochstifts Paderborn
Adults € 3
children/reduced: € 1.50
family ticket: € 6
Eat and Drink
Café restaurant "Zur Wewelsburg" in the former guard house on the castle forecourt.
Contact details for booking event and placement offers
Phone number
02955 7622-0
Fax
02955 7622-22
info@wewelsburg.de
