Schloss Bekond, Baroque country palace in Bekond, Germany.

Schloss Bekond is a baroque country palace in Bekond, built as a U-shaped complex around a courtyard formed with the former service buildings to the south. The three-story central section is flanked by two-story side wings, all under hipped roofs; at the northeast corner a three-story residential tower with sandstone corner quoining and a baroque hood leans against the palace, and a projecting block marks the northwest corner. All windows are mullioned with sandstone surrounds, and the courtyard entrance is of red sandstone, its broken round gable topped by a large coat of arms with an arched pediment.

Schloss Bekond stands on a water castle first documented in 1653. The present palace was newly built from 1710 for Trier Cathedral provost Karl Kaspar von Kesselstatt, with Philipp Honorius Ravensteyn, Johann Valentin Thomann and Johannes Seiz as architects. His nephew Joseph Franz von Kesselstatt later had the orangery added in 1732.

The Kesselstatt family shaped the estate: Karl Kaspar von Kesselstatt, cathedral provost of Trier, commissioned the 1710 rebuild, and his nephew Joseph Franz von Kesselstatt had the orangery built in 1732. That orangery still stands in the palace park and is now hired out for events, so the grounds serve as a venue rather than a museum.

The U-shaped complex opens south onto a courtyard formed with the former economic buildings, so the red sandstone gate and the coat of arms in the broken round gable are seen first from the approach. The orangerie of 1732 stands separately on the grounds and is used for events, so it may be closed to casual visitors.

The courtyard entrance is cut into the northwest corner, where a projecting block breaks the line of the U-shaped complex. Its red sandstone gateway carries a large coat of arms set in a broken round gable, framed by an arched gable above. The three-storey residential tower at the northeast corner, with sandstone corner quoins and a Welsh baroque hood, is often missed by visitors who stop at the gate.