Bad Bentheim is a spa town (Kurort) in Lower Saxony, close to the Dutch border near Oldenzaal. The sandstone Bentheim Castle on the hill above town is the dominant landmark and one of the best-preserved medieval castles in northwest Germany. The town itself is pleasant but unremarkable beyond the castle — there is a Kurpark with an open-air theatre used in summer, and access to some of the most extensive forested areas in the region.
Dutch visitors make up a large share of the tourists here, using it as a base for day trips to the Teutoburg Forest, Münster, and Osnabrück. The nearby village of Gildehaus, part of the Bad Bentheim municipality, has a curious Reformed church whose detached tower comes with a satisfying local legend involving the devil.