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JP
January 24, 2025
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Before Jan-Willem van Scharenberg became the first of the Scharenberg family to own the Hoepertingen estate, the castle he bought was owned by Ernest d'Arenbergh de La Marck. At that time it was still a moated house with a leasehold farm, a very small part of which still exists in the current Hoepertingen castle. I deliberately write Hoepertingen castle because the name Mariagaarde is more recent and is actually no longer correct because there are already new owners and they gave it a new name.
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April 9, 2023
Hiking
The current castle had a predecessor, which was described in 1476 as a moated house with a farmyard. A Gothic marl stone wall alcove reminds us of this older building. …
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April 5, 2026
Hiking
The castle is a U-shaped building with a northwest corner tower, which is the former keep. The side wings still have their 17th-century stepped gables. The appearance is strongly influenced …
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