Schloss Kalbeck, Château in Weeze, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Schloss Kalbeck is a manor house with a square tower and multiple outbuildings set within a restored baroque garden complex near Weeze. The bell dome crowning the tower provides a distinctive accent to the estate's architectural composition.

The first documented mention dates to 1326, when Count Rainald II of Geldern granted "den hoff te Calbeke" as a fief to Dirk Loef III of Kleve; the lordship later alternated between Geldern and Kleve. Two fires, on New Year's Eve 1799/1800 and in 1907, damaged the old moated castle, so the Vittinghoff-Schell family built a new Historist schloss from 1906 to 1910 a kilometre away, designed by Hermann Schaedtler after Schloss Oberwerries in Hamm. In February 1945 fighting during Operation Veritable set most of it ablaze.

The name Kalbeck was written Calbeck until 1929, when the first letter was changed; the current form is rendered as "calf corner". From 1950 the castle park was laid out with rose beds framed by low box hedges, and from 1965 these opened to visitors. Until 1997 a paid rose exhibition was held here on the first two Sundays of July, with proceeds going to the Rhein-Maas hospital brotherhood so that wheelchair users could join pilgrimages to Lourdes.

The estate is located at Rentei Kalbeck in Weeze and is primarily open for group visits by prior arrangement. It is best to contact ahead to confirm visiting availability and organize a guided tour for your group.

The architect Hermann Schaedtler took Schloss Oberwerries in Hamm, built in the 17th century, as the model for the new Kalbeck house erected between 1906 and 1910. The two-wing layout, split by the courtyard entrance, was meant to give the impression of a three-winged complex.