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.: Castle Limbricht :.

Castle Limbricht has a long history, going back to the 10th century, when there was most likely a wooden fortress on this site, later replaced by a stone building.

Excavations have revealed that in the 12th century, there was a donjon, or inhabited tower, here, which was rebuilt around 1250. The castle was razed to the ground in a siege in 1579.

Castle Limbricht was also the site of a law court, and it was here that the last witch trials in the Netherlands were conducted, in 1674.

In 1794, the castle was commandeered by the French. After a brief interruption, the family of Michiels van Kessenich became the owners of the castle in 1810, and it took on the function

of hunting lodge, as a result of which it was no longer permanently occupied.

In 1814, the castle served as an emergency hospital for many sick and wounded French soldiers returning from the battle of Leipzig. Many of them are buried in the fields opposite the castle.

During the First World War, the castle served as an internment camp for German prisoners of war who had been taken as smugglers.

Shot with Nikon D700 with 24 - 70mm f2.8

Description

Featured by in : www.deviantart.com/sesam-is-op…

.: Castle Limbricht :.

Castle Limbricht has a long history, going back to the 10th century, when there was most likely a wooden fortress on this site, later replaced by a stone building.

Excavations have revealed that in the 12th century, there was a donjon, or inhabited tower, here, which was rebuilt around 1250. The castle was razed to the ground in a siege in 1579.

Castle Limbricht was also the site of a law court, and it was here that the last witch trials in the Netherlands were conducted, in 1674.

In 1794, the castle was commandeered by the French. After a brief interruption, the family of Michiels van Kessenich became the owners of the castle in 1810, and it took on the function

of hunting lodge, as a result of which it was no longer permanently occupied.

In 1814, the castle served as an emergency hospital for many sick and wounded French soldiers returning from the battle of Leipzig. Many of them are buried in the fields opposite the castle.

During the First World War, the castle served as an internment camp for German prisoners of war who had been taken as smugglers.

Shot with Nikon D700 with 24 - 70mm f2.8