Eijsden Castle

Eijsden Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Eijsden) is a moated manor house with several farm buildings, a gatehouse and castle park, in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands. The current castle was built in 1637 and is located next to the river Maas.

The castle is a rijksmonument. Also other parts of the terrain are separately listed, making a total of 27 rijksmonuments. It is part of the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites, established in 1990 by the Department for Conservation.

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Eijsden Castle ranks #3,908 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #37 of the 201 mapped in Netherlands. Founded 1637, it is older than 29% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,256 times in the last 60 days, more than 55% of the atlas. 47 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Liège, 17 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.

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