Erbdrostenhof, Baroque palace in Münster-Mitte, Germany.

The Erbdrostenhof is a three-wing late Baroque palace on Salzstraße, built of tan stone with red brick panels and a red tiled roof. Its central section projects forward under a triangular pediment with sculpted figures, and the base holds a tall wrought-iron gate between stone piers crowned with statues, flanked by smaller matching gates. Two rows of windows run along the wings, the upper ones arched, with dormer windows and small stone-capped corner turrets above.

The palace was constructed between 1753 and 1757 following designs by architect Johann Conrad Schlaun on commission from nobleman Adolf Heidenreich Freiherr Droste zu Vischering. The building suffered severe damage during World War II but was later restored, with interior frescoes by artist Nikolaus Loder being repaired from 1965 onward.

The Erbdrostenhof takes its name from the Erbdrost, a senior administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster; Adolf Heidenreich Droste zu Vischering held the office and had the palace built. The LWL keeps a collection of historical keyboard instruments here, including a three-choir, two-manual Ruckers harpsichord of 1640 lent by Count von Landsberg-Velen. The instruments are played each year in the Erbdrostenhof concerts organised with the city of Münster.

The palace stands at Salzstraße 38, its gate set directly on the street, so the facade is seen from the pavement rather than from a forecourt. The building is used as offices by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, so the baroque hall and the historic keyboard instruments are not open to walk-in visits. The instruments are heard in the Erbdrostenhof concerts organised with the city of Münster.

The building was the birthplace of Maria Droste zu Vischering, who later received papal recognition as a blessed person. Her connection to the palace gives it religious significance for many visitors.