Montfort Castle (Limbourg)

Montfort Castle (in Dutch Kasteel Montfort, also known as D'n Tómp or De Grauwert) is situated just outside the centre of Montfort. The term "Grauwert" refers to one particular tower, but the name is traditionally used for the castle as a whole, without any certainty as to when this usage began.

Montfort Castle was built around 1260, on the orders of Henry of Guelders, who later also called himself "Lord of Montfort". After phases of renovation, sieges, fires and also demolition, the castle gradually fell into ruin, the remains of which are still impressive.

Since 1961 the castle has belonged to the Stichting Kasteel Montfort. An octagonal brick hunting pavilion was built around 1850 on one of the remains of the enclosure, today restored to its original state.

Machine-translated from “Château de Montfort (Limbourg)” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Montfort Castle (Limbourg) ranks #5,659 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #73 of the 201 mapped in Netherlands. Founded c. 1260, it is older than 69% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 860 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 15 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Roermond, 8 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.

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