I Explored This Stunning Abandoned Castle In Belgium

Have you ever walked by a beautiful castle and wondered what was inside? I have too, and I’m lucky that I have seen quite a few from the other side of the door.

This amazing building in Belgium was lovely and also very exciting to explore. It has been abandoned for nearly 10 years and has recently been sold to a new owner. The pictures in this article are taken in 2013.

The castle is located in a rather small town in Belgium named Moulbaix. It replaced a house and feudal fortress that were originally built on the property in 1502. Some of the remains of this fortress can still be found on the terrain. The castle has been built in 1860 and is designed by the architect Désiré Athois Limbourg in Neo-Tudor style. Marquis Du Chasteler Oswald ordered the construction of this amazing place. He was a descendant of the ancient Hainault family. The current castle has a rectangular shape and is flanked by four corner towers. On top of these towers is a fortification with four octagonal turrets. The castle has around 340 windows and is surrounded by 62 acres of land with 2 acres of park designed by Louis Fuchs.

After the death of Count Aymard d’Ursel (1923-2005) and Countess d’Ursel – Nadine Spoelberch (1922-2007) the castle was abandoned. After nearly 10 years the children auctioned the castle including the land for about $1.500.000,- to Herman Govaert. The story goes that the children could not agree over the heritage which is why it has been abandoned for so long. Herman does not have plans to live in the castle but wants to restore it nevertheless. He mainly bought it for the land where he wants to extend his tree nursery. In the second part of the auction Herman also bought a windmill, houses, agricultural land and pastures (around 200 acres in total). Herman bought the complete package (including the castle and its land) for about $4.000.000,-.

More info: romanrobroek.nl