The gate on the right can open. Hof Ter Linden is a castle domain of 88 ha, privately owned, but the forest is open to the public. It was built by wealthy families as a 'court of plaisantie'. Like the large castle in 's-Gravenwezel, it is linked to the noble Gillès de Pélichy family. Avenues of beech and oak starting from the castle, and a variety of deciduous trees, conifers, shrubs… make it a varied and beautiful domain. In late summer and autumn you will find a lot of mushrooms.
The Hof ter Linden is a castle domain in the sub-municipality of 's-Gravenwezel - Schilde. In the 17th - 18th century, a country house (hof van plaisantie) stood here, also called the Château Terlinden, which was owned by various wealthy families from Antwerp. These were the Ferment, del Campo, Goubeau and de Meulenaer families. In 1808, it was purchased by Charles Van Asten, who became mayor of 's-Gravenwezel in 1818 and then also had the current castle and the associated park built and laid out in English landscape style. In 1828, he sold it to Philippe-Arnould Gillès and it remained in the possession of the Gillès de Pélichy family until 1986.
After 1945, the castle was externally changed, but the layout with the salons remained largely intact.
Next to the castle there is a carriage house with horse stables, hayloft and saddle room, and a coach house. All this is also from around 1818. The whole is accessible via the Hofdreef which is via a bridge and an 18th century gate (1753) in rococo style.
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