The castle of Heks is a Belgian castle, located in the village of Heks (sub-municipality of Heers) in the province of Limburg.

The palatial castle was built from 1770, probably by the Liège architect Etienne Fayen, for Prince-Bishop of Liège Franciscus Karel de Velbrück.

As a nature lover, the Prince-Bishop sought out this place in the slightly hilly Hesbaye to build his summer residence and pleasure garden. He had a Chinese garden, a rose garden and a vegetable garden laid out there. Later, the castle was embellished with one of the first landscape parks in continental Europe, inspired by English landscape architecture by Capability Brown.

He died on his domain in 1784. The domain is owned by the d'Ursel family.

The rose garden now (2004) features an exceptional assortment of rose varieties, the oldest of which were present in the original garden. The gardens and park are open to the public on the second weekend of June and September.

The castle features in Harry Kümel's 1968 film Monsieur Hawarden.

Source: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasteel_van_Heks

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