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A beautiful castle to visit.

Unfortunately not open to visitors as it is privately owned.

still looks like it's from the Middle Ages

Ohé en Laak is located together with Stevensweert on the Island in the Maas, a (former) island between two river arms of the Maas, just west of the town of Echt at an altitude of approximately 26 meters. The old right arm is the Oude Maas. Due to sand and gravel excavations at various places on the island, several lakes have been created around the village, including the Dilkensplas, the Schroevendaalse plas, the Teggerse plas and most recently the Molenplas. Since the twentieth century, these have been used for water recreation and as a nature reserve, which is why the place attracts many tourists. There is a small marina. Laak consists entirely of ribbon development, located along a road that runs parallel to the Maas. Ohé has both a section with ribbon development and a part with concentrated development. From 1925 to 1934, the Juliana Canal was constructed, which forms an additional barrier between the island and the mainland. A few bridges provide the connection.

The name Hasselholt comes from the Hasselholt family, who already had possessions in Ohé in the 14th century and who must have had the castle built. This had probably been a square half-timbered residential tower. On January 31, 1474, Lambrecht Raets was vassal of "a well-hidden Hasselhoutsleen in the village of Echt located on Gen Oe".

Beautiful castle along the water

入り口は切妻屋根の門楼に通じています。門楼の北西には、尖塔を持つ半円形の塔が接続されています。この塔からは、西方向に湾曲した壁が、尖塔を持つ2番目の半円形の塔に通じています。この塔からは、同様に湾曲した壁が、城の南端に通じています。湾曲した壁は、城に多かれ少なかれ楕円形の基盤を与えています。 南端からは、まっすぐな壁が東北東に向かって、大広間がある本館の南翼に通じています。南翼は切妻屋根です。その北側には、現在住居として使用されている切妻屋根の旧門楼が接続されています。その隣には、実際の門楼があります。 城の周りには、景観様式で造られた公園、ブイテンプラッツ・カステール・ホルンがあります。この公園には、城の他に、19世紀のU字型の城農家、豚小屋、納屋付きのサービス住宅、大きな納屋、車庫があり、すべて元々は城に属していました。公園と建物は国定記念物であり、公園は自由に入ることができます。

During the Eighty Years' War, the original village of Stevensweert was expanded into a fortified town by the Spanish in 1633. An earthen wall with seven bastions and five ravelins was built. Part of Stevensweert is under town protection. The fortifications can still be seen in the city's unique street pattern. Be sure to take a look at the Stevensweert-Ohé en laak regional museum. In 2007, the reconstruction of a small part of the fortifications began based on historical maps of a bastion, a rave line and the associated north side of Stevensweert.