In the 12th century, Hendrik, the first Duke of Brabant, founded a new city to the north of the existing Saint-Médard district. The strongest point of the new Brabant lordship was located on a hill overlooking the Grote Gete. In order to fulfil the function of Brabant's bastion, the city was given ramparts and a kind of gate that was reinforced with an impressive tower that functioned as a keep. This original structure, which can be seen on the oldest seal of the city (1224), was gradually and over the centuries arranged as a large manor farm. In the 18th century, Jean-Engelberg, Count de Romrée, began rebuilding the city and had the castle converted into a large and beautiful residence, according to plans by architect Verreucken from Leuven. From then on, the castle was called Château de la Comté. In 1849, the Yves de Bavay family sold the castle to notary Philippe-Joseph Pastur. His descendants lived in the castle for four generations, so that it was soon called the Pastur Castle. After housing a boarding school and the management of a school, the castle was classified in 1971 and purchased by the city of Jodoigne, which housed its administration there in 1988.
(Information board on site)