Heukelum Castle

Merckenburg Castle, also known as Castle Heukelum, is a brick castle in the town of Heukelum in the municipality of West Betuwe in The Netherlands. It dates back to the 13th century. The castle has been destroyed and rebuilt twice. The first time was in the fourteenth century, the second time in the disaster year 1672, when the French blew up the building during the Franco-Dutch War. The castle was restored around 1700, attached to the keep that had not been destroyed by the explosions.

The castle is a square building, approximately 1 km east of Heukelum, located on the Lingedijk in the middle of a wide canal . Since the municipal reorganization in 1986, the castle has belonged to the province of Gelderland, before that to South Holland.

Texte adapté de « Merckenburg Castle » de la Wikipédia en anglais, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Heukelum Castle occupe la 4 255e place sur 5 793 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 59e rang des 124 que l’atlas recense aux Pays-Bas. Fondé v. 1250, il est plus ancien que 74 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 519 monuments de l’atlas fondés au XIIIe siècle. Voyez comment les Pays-Bas se comparent dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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