Loevestein Castle

Loevestein Castle is a medieval castle within the municipality of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, the Netherlands. The fortress became built by way of the knight Dirc Loef van Horne between 1357 and 1397. Until World War II Loevestein Castle turned into part of the Hollandic Water Line, the main Dutch protection line that changed into based totally on flooding a place of land south and east of the western provinces. Currently the castle is used as a medieval museum and characteristic centre.

Loevestein is a water citadel that become constructed among 1357 and 1368. It became constructed in a strategic vicinity inside the middle of the Netherlands, where the Maas and Waal rivers come collectively simply west of modern day villages of Poederoijen and Brakel, in the municipality of Zaltbommel, in Gelderland. At first it become a simple square brick constructing, used to price toll from trading vessels the usage of the rivers. By 1372, the castle became beneath control of the Counts of Holland. In the 16th century it turned into improved to a larger citadel surrounded via earthen fortifications with stone bastions at the northern side, two moats, an arsenal, and housing for a commander and infantrymen. The Castle was additionally a part of the Hollandic Water Line.