Castle
Mirwart Castle
🇧🇪 Belgium
Mirwart Castle (French: Château de Mirwart) is situated in Mirwart in Saint-Hubert, in the province of Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium.
The castle is built on a rock rising above the "Vallée de la Lomme" (the Valley of the Lomme). The oldest parts of the castle date back to the 11th century. It was a stronghold belonging to the duchy of Lorraine. The lords of Mirwart had many bloody conflicts with other feudal lords of the region, such as the lords of Bouillon and Orchimont.
The lords of Mirwart came into conflict with the monks of the powerful Saint-Hubert Abbey, supported by the Prince-Bishop of Liège, who wanted to extend his power in this region to the disadvantage of the Dukes of Lorraine.
Text adapted from “Mirwart Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mirwart Castle ranks #3,245 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #46 of the 60 mapped in Belgium. See how Belgium compares in the castle statistics.
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