Wijnendale Castle
Wijnendale Castle is a historically significant castle near Wijnendale in West Flanders . The present castle is largely a 19th century reconstruction, but part of the north wing dates from the 15th century. One wing is occupied by the current owners, while another is a museum.
history
Counts of Flanders and Namur
The first castle was built by Robert I, Count of Flanders at the end of the 11th century and used for military operations.
In the 12th and 13th centuries Wijnendale became the regular residence of the Counts of Flanders, and Philip I in particular. In 1297 a contract between Guido I and Edward I of England was signed here. In 1298 the castle went to the Counts of Namur . In 1302 and 1325 the castle was besieged and damaged. It is likely that Blanche von Namur grew up here and also met her future husband Magnus II (Sweden) here.
Counts of Burgundy, Kleve and Ravenstein
After a period of neglect, Count Johann III. von Namur the fiefdom and castle in 1407 to Johann Ohnefurcht , Count of Burgundy, who three years later left it as a dowry to his son-in-law Adolf II of Kleve . In 1463 the castle became the property of the Lords of Ravenstein , a branch of the Kleve family . Adolf von Kleve and his son Philipp von Kleve-Ravenstein converted the castle into a beautiful mansion. Adolf was married to a biological aunt and nanny of Maria von Burgundy , who lived from time to time in Wijnendale, just like her son Philip I of Castile . In 1482, the pregnant Mary of Burgundy had an accident while hunting the falcon near Wijnendale, where she fell from her horse, three weeks later she died of a miscarriage in the Bruges Prinzenhof. Her death changed the history of the Netherlands. With her authoritarian husband Maximilian I , the more than 300-year rule which began Habsburg . In 1528 Wijnendale came back to the main line of the House of Kleve. Their relatives Charles V and Maria of Castile stayed in the castle more than once. In the second half of the 16th century the counts lost interest in their Flemish properties and in 1578 part of the castle was burned down by the Protestants.
Count of Pfalz-Neuburg
In 1609 Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg died childless. After the Jülich-Klevischen succession dispute in the Treaty of Xanten, the fief went to one of the winners, Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg . This transfer was confirmed in 1666 by the Privy Council in Brussels and by the Treaty of Kleve .
During the numerous attacks by Louis XIV on Flanders , Wijnendale was occupied several times by troops passing through and was badly damaged in 1690 when French troops blew up part of the castle. In 1699/1700 Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz rebuilt the castle. On September 28, 1708, a battle between French and Allied troops took place in Wijnendale , which was won by the Allies. The lock was not damaged in the process. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the castle was inhabited by a governor, while the Counts of Pfalz-Neuburg lived in Germany . In the middle of the 18th century, Karl Theodor built roads in West Flanders to stimulate trade, with Wijnendale as its center.
French and Dutch periods
In 1792 French revolutionary troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands and ended the feudal system. Karl Theodor had the contents of the palace transported to his residences in Düsseldorf , Mannheim and Munich . The castle became the property of the French state. In 1811 the castle was so badly damaged by French troops that only ruins remained.
During the Dutch period the domain was sold to a Walloon industrial group who felled all the trees before going bankrupt .
- See also Torhout , sights (20th century history)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '38 " N , 3 ° 5' 7.8" E