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Kasteel Obbicht

Kasteelweg 19-23
Obbicht
Obicht Castle stands on the site of a medieval fortress, which was destroyed by the Spanish occupiers at the beginning of the Eighty Years' War. The castle was restored, but was lost to war again in the early 18th century. The remains were replaced in 1780 by the current castle.

In 1954, the new castle also went up in flames, but thanks to a successful restoration between 1975 and 1988, it rose again in its full glory. The building, like the adjacent castle farm, is now on the national monument list. The moats around the castle are fed by water from the Kingbeek. There used to be a paper mill (1699), the birthplace of the famous writer Pieter Ecrevisse, on this stream.
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