Hillenraad Castle

A great mansion. Please note, the visit is not allowed. Everything private. If you ask nicely, you will get an exception.

The castle is a square moated castle that originally dates from the 14th century. The chateau is set in an estate near the village of Boukoul. It consists of a main building with four corner towers, a bailey, some outbuildings and a palace park. Hillenraad Castle has been a protected national monument since 1970. The whole complex consists of about twenty individual entries on the National Register of Monuments, including the main building, the outbuildings and some elements in the park. The castle is not open to the public.

The castle was first mentioned on June 28, 1380, in a statement in which two men promised to release Didderic van Oest for a debt. If they did not keep their promise, they would voluntarily go to Hellenrade's house on so-called performance (a kind of bail).
In the 15th century Hillenraad only consisted of the central part.
In 1572 William of Orange was seat on Hillenraad, from which he led the siege of Roermond. Arnold Schenck van Nijdeggen was the lord of the castle at the time.
The fame Swalmen was combined with the fame Asselt in 1695 and made the market foreland.
The castle was expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries and the four corner towers were built.
The current resident is T. de Guerre, grandson of Count Herman Jozef Wolff Metternich.