war. Both are now farms, and only the gatehouse of Harslo Castle remains. The Netherlands Institute for Varietal Testing of Arable Crops was built in 1952 on the site of Nergena in the style of the country house that succeeded to the castle. Hoekelum remains as a moated country house. The grounds are used for various events including Bennekom's gymkhana on Ascension Day.

During Napoleonic times (1811-1817), Bennekom became an independent municipality with its office in the back of the church, which remained partitioned off, later as a