Top 20 Castles around Jabbeke

Step back in time at Kasteel Tillegem, one of the best-preserved castles in the Bruges region. This impressive castle, surrounded by a wide moat and ancient trees, exudes pure medieval charm. During your tour through the Tillegembos forest, you will walk or cycle past this iconic heritage site, where history and nature blend seamlessly. The stately towers, the surrounding water, and the tranquil environment make it a particularly atmospheric place. Kasteel Tillegem is a real eye-catcher and a beloved stop for photographers, hikers, and heritage enthusiasts. It is certainly worth stopping here. A timeless highlight that you should not miss.

A beautiful old castle surrounded by a lake/moat. You can walk all the way around the castle and admire it from every angle.

Nowadays the castle is a luxury hotel/restaurant and conference centre (Restaurant realised in 1990 and hotel built in 1996 by the then organisers of the Rock Torhout festival). On the other side of the Torhout - Oostende road lies the domain of the Wijnendale castle.

The history of 'Domein d' Aertrycke' begins in 1865 when August de Maere, the spiritual father of the port of Zeebrugge, acquired 98 ha of the 'Verloren Kost' domain. In 1869 he had the now centrally located neo-Gothic castle built to a design by the Antwerp architect Joseph Schadde. In 1897 August de Maere, who had in the meantime been elevated to the nobility, was given permission to add d'Aertrycke to his name. With the exception of a short period after the First World War, the domain remained the property of the family. Xavier de Maere, the last owner of the castle, became known as second-in-command of the Belgian South Pole Expedition 1958-1959. After the death of his mother, who was the last of the family to live in the castle, he concluded an agreement with the West Flemish provincial government for the partial opening of the castle domain to the general public. In 2012, the province acquired full ownership and Domein d'Aertrycke became a fully-fledged provincial domain.

The castle De Maere d'Aertrycke is a castle in the Belgian city of Torhout. The neo-Gothic castle was built from 1868 to 1871 by order of August de Maere, the castle is still popularly called De Maeres castle. It is located between the center of Torhout, Wijnendale and Aartrijke. The castle is located in a romantic garden with a large pond, meadows and forests. The domain has a great natural value. Roe deer, Western European hedgehog and the European red squirrel are the mammals that live there. Birds are richly represented with the tufted duck, great spotted woodpecker, moorhen, coot, grebe, jackdaw, nuthatch, tree creeper, finch, blue tit and great tit. There are also amphibians: the brown frog and the common toad.

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From 1654, the castle park on Kasteelstraat in Lozer was owned by the della Faille d'Huysse family. In the 17th century, the beautiful castle was called "t Goed Uplosere". The block-shaped castle received its current classicist appearance during renovations in the 18th century. From Kasteelstraat you can see the symmetrical rear facade. From Appelhoekstraat you have a view of the facade. The 19th century park in English landscape style consists of ponds, winding paths, bridges and accessories such as a walled vegetable garden, a caretaker's house, a dog kennel, a coach house, a tower-shaped garden pavilion, a courtyard and a gatehouse. From the castle grounds, a double avenue leads to the Church of Our Lady of Assistance. Source: https://www.kruisem.be/kasteel-della-faille-dhuyse-lozer-0

The Minnewater lake is located in a very beautiful park landscape within the old fortifications of Brüggen. On the east bank is the striking neo-Gothic castle of the noble de la Faille family, which was built in 1893 according to a design by the architect Karel De Wulf. On the west side, on Professor Doctor Joseph Sebrechtsstraat, is the former building of the Minnewater clinic. After the neo-Gothic 175-meter-long building initially served as a Catholic hospital and was occupied by the German occupying forces from 1917 during the First World War, the nuns returned and used it until 1933. From 1947 to 1977, Joseph Sebrechts used it as an operating room for the adjacent St. John's Hospital. It is currently a residential and care center with a palliative care department. By the bridge is the Poertoren Tower, which served as an ammunition depot under the regime of the time. Poer is a dialect word for gunpowder. For many centuries, the site of today's Minnewater Park was used as a bleaching meadow. The oldest mention of this term dates back to 1580. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the site was still used as a bleaching plant. Then it was divided up and passed into the possession of various owners. On part of it, Ludovic Fraeys de Veubeke had a neo-Gothic castle, Het Fraeyhuis, built and a garden laid out. The castle was demolished in 1969. The gatehouse and some of the linden trees in the garden were preserved. At the beginning of the 1970s, the city council and in particular Mayor Michel Van Maele asked themselves whether the construction of a villa suburb was still justified and whether, on the contrary, the creation of a public park should not be preferred. By deed of August 9, 1974, the city became the owner of the 1.55 hectare site. The design of the park had two objectives: firstly, to complete the tourist pedestrian route near the Minnewater and secondly, to create a green area with various passive recreation functions. The basic structure of the new park was outlined using the valuable remains of the Fraeyhuis gardens. Construction began in 1977 and it was opened in 1979. Shortly afterwards, the park was expanded by another half a hectare through the purchase of two adjacent plots of land.