뮬레베케‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪13‬개의 동굴

테르 보르흐트 성 – 수 세기의 역사가 살아 숨 쉬는 곳 뫼엘레베케 중심부에 자리한 테르 보르흐트 성은 13세기까지 거슬러 올라가는 뿌리를 가진 성곽으로 둘러싸인 영지입니다. 한때 이곳은 뫼엘레베케의 주요 영지의 본거지였습니다. 수 세기 동안 영주들과 귀족 가문들이 이 지역의 흥망성쇠를 좌우했습니다. 1655년, 이 영지는 펠리페 4세가 남작령으로 승격시키면서 왕실의 인정을 받기도 했습니다. 세월이 흐르면서 성 자체도 변모했습니다. 중세 시대의 모습은 웅장한 17세기 성으로 바뀌었고, 이후 우아한 흰색 석회벽과 바로크 양식의 계단식 박공을 갖추게 되었습니다. 입구에 있는 두 개의 팔각형 망루는 여전히 이 오래된 영지를 지키는 듯한 모습입니다. 하지만 테르 보르흐트의 역사는 과거에만 머물지 않습니다. 귀족들의 거주지로 수 세기를 보낸 후, 이 성은 놀라운 새로운 장을 맞이했습니다. 2016년에서 2022년 사이에 대대적인 복원이 이루어져 다시 생명을 얻었습니다. 오늘날 역사적인 방들은 더 이상 침묵의 증인이 아니라 전시회, 결혼식, 관광 정보 및 미식 경험의 배경이 되고 있습니다. 성벽 밖에서도 많은 변화가 있었습니다. 오래된 해자와 성곽 언덕은 중세 시대를 떠올리게 하며, 주변 영지는 오늘날 산책객, 운동선수, 레크리에이션을 즐기는 사람들에게 공간을 제공합니다. 중세 시대의 영지에서 현대의 만남의 장소로: 테르 보르흐트는 과거를 뒤로한 것이 아니라, 새로운 목적지를 부여했습니다.

성곽의 축소판으로, 시각 장애인들이 성곽을 만져서 느낄 수 있도록 제작되었습니다. 점자 표기가 되어 있습니다.

very nice and quiet area

In the 20th century, the castle was successively owned by the Oblate Fathers (1910-1920), who set up a dairy there, by the Versele family (of the Anglo-Belge brewery), who rented it to J. De Clerck, for, among other things, a horse breeding farm and the refurbishment of the "Leiedal" dairy. In 1989-90, the castle was completely restored. Nowadays, the castle serves as a banquet hall for wedding parties, with room for 200 to 500 people. Source: Inventory of Immovable Heritage

Walking along the old Leie meander you can see the castle (Te Lake and not 'Te Meer',... the absurd result of an automatic translation, reported to Komoot, but apparently difficult to correct) from afar, albeit through the trees. The castle was built in 1748 on the old site with moat of the lordship "Te Lake" whose history goes back to the 13th century. The lordship, named after the Van Lake family, was a fief of the fiefdom "de Stenen Man" of Oudenaarde. At the end of the 15th and in the 16th century in the possession of the family van Gavere, also called van Liedekerke and from 1592 of the Basta family. Baron de Beer sells the lordship in 1715 to J.S. Limnander, lord of the lordship "ter Werft" in Zulte. His son will have the old castle demolished and a new, more comfortable castle built with stables, a gardener's house and gardens. The straight lane leading to the castle is still named after the Limnander family. Until the construction of the Leie Canal (1972), it connected the castle to the village centre. Source: Inventory of Immovable Heritage

You can see the side and back of Ooigem Castle from the Oude Leie; the front from the entrance gate on Desselgemsestraat. On an information board on site you will find this explanation: A castle was possibly built here in the 9th century to protect Harelbeke. The oldest known lord was mentioned in 1080 as Lambertus de Odenghem. Around 1260, the castle came into the possession of the lords of Luxembourg. They probably had a stone castle built in the 13th century. At the end of the 14th century, a fire is said to have raged and in the course of the 15th century the castle fell into disrepair. In 1510, the lordship was sold to the De Gros family, who made it habitable again. In 1576, however, the castle was plundered by iconoclasts and fell into disrepair again. During the 17th century, the castle was rebuilt on the old foundations, probably by order of Charles de Gros, the first regular resident. In 1693, the castle came into the hands of the De Lens family as an inheritance. A chapel and a Louis XV-style staircase were added, the salons were redecorated, new stables and coach houses appeared in the farmyard. The park was laid out. Petrus Verhaeghe, mayor of Ooigem, lived in the castle after the French Revolution and in 1889 Bernard Verhaeghe, who was mayor of Ooigem at the time, bought the castle. His son Alfons Verhaeghe was visited several times by Oscar Wilde. 'Op het kasteel', the story by Stijn Streuvels from 1904, is also set in this castle. In 1937, a number of farm buildings in the farmyard were demolished, but the dovecote remained. The garden was redesigned, on a smaller scale than before. According to literature, the domain once housed prisons, storage areas for payments in kind, courtrooms and council chambers.

Today, parts of the castle are rented out as a venue for corporate events, seminars, parties, and more. Extensive work has been carried out for this purpose over the past quarter century. Mr. Marc Van Honsebrouck, who died last year at the age of 89, had lived in the castle with his family since 1986, and had already commissioned renovations around the turn of the century. But disaster struck shortly afterward. On September 20, 2001, at 1:45 a.m., a fire broke out. Fortunately, Mr. Marc and his family managed to escape, but the entire left wing, both the ground floor and the upper floor, was completely destroyed. Although the fire department arrived very quickly, many priceless works of art were lost in the fire. The building itself suffered greatly, but the skill of the firefighters managed to stop the all-consuming flames. The grief over this terrible event was palpable far beyond the castle grounds. In 2012, Mr. Marc Van Honsebrouk decided to take over the castle's entire care and bought out his brother, who had been co-owner until then. His plan was to breathe new life into the castle, which had only been made wind- and watertight after the fire. The result of the past few years is the magnificent halls that shine again. Sources: https://kasteelvaningelmunster.be/ https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230824_96366895

The origin of the name "Ingelmunster" most likely lies in the history of this castle. The castle was built on the ruins of a seventh-century monastery. In 740, the monastery was reportedly inhabited by English monks, who gave it their name: Anglo Monaterum, Engelmunster, or Ingelmunster, meaning "Monastery of the Angels." In 855, the monastery fell prey to the Normans, the feared rulers of the sea. They plundered and burned the monastery. Little more than a ruin remained of the "Monastery of the Angels." The first Flemish ruler to establish a political presence in West Flanders was Robert I the Frisian, the tenth Count of Flanders. His reign lasted from 1071 to 1093, and he had the fortified castle built on the site of the ruins. Ingelmunster's location, on the doorstep of West Flanders and along the waterway that crossed the military route between Kortrijk and Bruges, was of such strategic importance that it was called the "Key to Flanders." Ingelmunster Castle, which at that time was still a veritable "lock," offered the key to unlocking a tactical advantage. Source: https://kasteelvaningelmunster.be/historiek-kasteel/