Streversdorp Castle

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Streversdorp Castle also called "Graaf Castle"; East view

The castle Streversdorp is in the district Montzen the town of Plombières (dt. Bleiberg) in the province of Liege in the tri-border region between Belgium , Germany and the Netherlands , about twelve kilometers west of Aachen . The plant is since 12 November 1954, listed building .

Popularly the castle is also called Burg Graaf ( French Château de Graaf ). This was due to the appointment of its most famous owner, Baron Caspar Anton called von der Heyden Belderbusch , the Imperial Count in 1782. The Prime Minister of the electorate of Cologne was the basis of merit in the selection of Maximilian Franz of Austria in 1780 by the Cologne cathedral chapter for coadjutor rewarded with the dignity of imperial count.

History of the owners

The name of the castle comes from the first known owner Goswin (van) de Treversdorp at the beginning of the 14th century. Together with his sister Elise - married to André van den Hove - he sold the castle to Kerstiaen van den Knavel from Aachen, owner since 1350. The castle was then sold to Reinhard von Wilde from Aachen, who remained the owner until 1380 . Around 1400 ownership changed to Jacques Gabot, who married the daughter Marie von Wilde. His daughter brought the castle as a dowry to the marriage with Gerard van Macrelaer.

In 1475 it was owned by Jean van den Horrick, and through his daughter Anne - married to Hans von der Heyden - the property came to the von der Heyden family called Belderbusch in 1530. The castle remained in the possession of this family for two and a half centuries. It was passed on to the son Wilhelm von der Heyden called Belderbusch, who passed the property on to his son Hans in 1609 with his wife Marguerite d'Iven. Because of his early death, the castle went to his brother Hans von der Heyden, married to Isabelle de Frongteau de Housse.

In 1810 the Streversdorp domain changed to Arnold-Antoine (de) Thiriart. His son Florent MAJ de Thirart bequeathed the property to his nephew Baron Amedé de la Roussliere-Clouard. His heir Gaston de la Rousseliere Clouard sold the plant in 1908 to Charles Jeanne Dothée.

In 1986 the property changed to the current owners' association.

Brief description

South side

The complex, which consists of several buildings, goes back to a residential tower from the 13th century, which today forms the center of the east wing and overlooks the other parts by one storey. While the northern part of the eastern wing dates from the 15th century, the southern part was not attached to the donjon until the 16th century. The windows on the ground floor are not part of the original building stock, but were only broken out of the windowless wall during renovation work between the 15th and 18th centuries.

The north side of the castle still has some medieval defensive elements, for example loopholes , protruding steps and battlements that have now been redesigned into windows . The western wing of the complex probably dates from the 16th century and is flanked at its north and south ends by round towers with a conical roof .

Some of the recordings for the 1993 series Die Bockreiter were shot here.

2005: Fire of the roof structure and foundation of the castle association.

literature

  • Ghislaine de Bievre (ed.): Le patrimoine monumental de la Belgique. Volume 12: Province de Liège, Arrondissement de Verviers, Part 3: M-S . Editions Mardaga, Lüttich 1985, ISBN 2-8021-0069-6 , p. 1126ff.
  • Luc Francis Genicot: Le grand livre des châteaux de Belgique. Volume 1: Châteaux forts et châteaux fermes . Vokaer, Brussels 1975, p. 241.
  • Guy Poswick: Les Délices du Duché de Limbourg . Jules Plumhans, Verviers 1951, pp. 199–204 ( digitized version )
  • Amédée de Ryckel: La Cour féodale de l'ancien duchè de Limbourg . In: Bulletin de la Société et d'histoire du diocèse de Liège . Volume 9. L. Grandmont-Donders, Lüttich 1895, pp. 396-398 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Burg Streversdorp  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La puissance retrouvée de Streversdorp ( Memento from September 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Biography in the Rheinische Geschichte portal , accessed on June 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ Castles and fortresses in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. A tour of discovery . GEV, Eupen 2002, ISBN 90-5433-159-3 , p. 164.
  4. ^ Château de Graaf, History Index

Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 58.5 "  N , 5 ° 56 ′ 40.8"  E