Eijsden Castle

Eijsden Castle is a moated manor residence with numerous farm buildings, a gatehouse and citadel park, in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands. The contemporary fort was built in 1637 and is located subsequent to the river Maas. The contemporary citadel became constructed in 1636, renovated in 1767, and restored among 1881 to1886. The fortress is made up out of angled wings with on the outside corner a heavy cornertower flanked with the aid of a small stair tower.

At the give up of the eastwing Athere is another towerlike building containing a gate which grands get admission to to the inner square. On pinnacle of this gate is placed the year crowning glory and the fingers of the De Lamargelle and von Bocholtz families. The whole is surrounded through a moat. The fortress is constructed in Mosan Renaissance-style. The fortress is placed on or near the area of a medieval citadel, named Caestertburg or Kettelhof. During the early Middle Ages the court docket and fertile riverlands were owned by the prince-bishops of Liege. First mention of the citadel was in 1334 while den hof tot Esde was granted to Dyederic van Montjoy en Valkenburg by way of John III, Duke of Brabant.