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Location: Sint-Truiden, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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May 20, 2024

Kortenbos Castle, also known as Hotel de Groete Engel, is actually a castle-like enclosed farm at Hasseltsesteenweg 448 in Kortenbos. Built in 1641, it was intended to accommodate pilgrims and is therefore located next to the basilica. In 1646, it was purchased by the Abbot of Averbode Abbey. It was then used as a rectory, while also housing a brewery and a bakehouse. It burned down in 1694 but was rebuilt, with the addition of a new wing. In 1728, the complex was provided with a barn, stables, and a gated entrance topped with a dovecote. Between 1768 and 1791, the surrounding park was expanded. In 1798, the property became privately owned. From 1903 to 1914, however, it was occupied by Benedictine nuns from Caen, who were forced to leave France as a result of secularization policies. In 1981 the buildings and the surroundings were protected as a monument and a village view respectively.

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September 29, 2023

Directly across from the Kortenbos Basilica, you'll find this building, whose core dates from around 1642. It was purchased by the Averbode Abbey in 1646 and established as a rectorate. Parts were subsequently destroyed by fire, and reconstruction took place later in the same (seventeenth) century. Today, it forms a complex of buildings grouped around a cobbled courtyard with a very large, wooded park and a beautiful pond. Together with the Basilica, it is practically the face of Kortenbos. Currently, some work and renovations are underway, giving us a much better view than before of this castle estate, which was sold in 1798 to a certain G. Cox, then (in 1903) to the Benedictines of Caen, and in 1914 to a certain H. Thyssen. Like the Basilica, the castle is located on a fairly busy road, but a walk around the estate reveals beautiful scenery and some other magnificent buildings.

Information about the history and the heritage itself can be found at inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/23004

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Location: Sint-Truiden, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

Kortenbos Castle

1. View of Nieuwenhoven Castle – De Zijp Nature Reserve loop from Nieuwerkerken

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