The Loboskasteel or Loboshoeve is a castle with a farm, located at Lobosstraat 2 in Zelem. It is located in the valley of the Zwarte Beek.
Originally, this was the seat of an allodial lordship. There was a moated castle. In 1465 the then lord of Lobos, Jan Vilters, was garrison superior in Herk-de-Stad, which was besieged by Charles the Bold. He refused to surrender and his castle was destroyed. Only remnants of the moat remain.
The current castle is a 19th century whitewashed brick mansion. The farm is also 19th century, but may have an older core. The farm consists of a house, a stable and a cross barn.
The whole is located in a park with some remarkable trees. A lane, flanked by American oaks, leads to the castle. The Bossen van Hees can be reached via a bridge over the Zwarte Beek.
(info source: wikipedia)
Castle Lobos is a mansion from the nineteenth century, but much earlier there was a castle here, of which only the moat remains after it was destroyed by the troops of Charles the Bold during the siege of Herk-de-Stad in...1465. Kasteelhoeve Lobos is a Kempen long-gable farm that was also built in the nineteenth century, but also has older elements. Both buildings are not visible up close. Lobos was a lordship in the Middle Ages and the first mention of the castle domain (originally consisting of an upper court, lower court, farm, veranda, waters, fields, meadows, forests and fishing grounds) dates from the mid-fourteenth century. The original castle stood on a motte in the swampy marshland of the Zwarte Beek (which is still nearby). Source and more info at heemkringzelem.be/loboskasteel.html
Hoeve Lobos was an integral part of the castle grounds for a long time, but has been renovated and inhabited while the castle is a country residence. You can read more about the farm at heemkringzelem.be/loboshoeve.html
The oldest mention of this free heritage dates from the Middle Ages (mid-14th century). The Lobos heritage originally consisted of an upper court (fortified house, probably flanked by a donjon (fortified tower)), a barnyard or farm, a warande (this is a hunting estate), waters, fields, meadows and forests and fishing. The whole was surrounded by a moat and earthen wall. The domain previously had a military character and had the appearance of a small castle. This 'castellum' was located on a 'motte', an artificial height in the middle of the swampy wetland of the Zwarte Beek. The domain was originally part of the manor of Zelem, owned by the lords of Diest. These, as a reward for services rendered, removed the property from that manor and gave it away as a free heritage to the Diest knight family of the Boogaerde alias van Lobosch. They thus acquired full ownership and no longer had any obligations to the feudal lord. The first owners, the Van den Boogaerde family (14th century), sold the domain to the Vilters family (15th century). In 1465 the castle was destroyed. In the 16th century the domain was sold to the de Geloes family. They had the castle rebuilt (17th century) into an adapted residence with the necessary comfort. Parts of the moat were used to embellish the garden and are still visible today. After the death of Arnold de Geloes' wife in 1781, this branch of the family was completely extinct and there were no longer any direct heirs to the considerable estate. Ultimately, the property came into the hands of another branch of the de Geloes family and 300 years of rule over the Lobos by the noble de Geloes family came to an end. Fact: our queen Mathilde d'Udekom d'Acoz is descended from the de Geloes family and the Vilters de Lobos family.
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