Bleijenbeek Castle
Bleijenbeek Castle is situated in the small hamlet of Bleijenbeek in the Dutch province of Limburg. According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa, the castle is known for its numerous sieges by the armies of Guelders and Spain.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: château in Afferden, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Kasteel Bleijenbeek”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nooitgedacht and Sint-Antonius Abtkapel.
Nooitgedacht
Windmill
Sint-Antonius Abtkapel
Church
Saints Cosmas and Damian church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bleijenbeek and Heukelom.
Bleijenbeek
Hamlet
Bleijenbeek is a small hamlet in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Bergen, about 2 km east of Afferden. The main building in the hamlet is the ruin of Castle Bleijenbeek.
Heukelom
Hamlet
Heukelom is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Bergen, about 2 km south of the village of Afferden. Heukelom is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Afferden.
Afferden
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Bleijenbeek Castle
- Categories: château, castle ruin, castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Bergen Municipality, Limburg, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.63591° or 51° 38′ 9″ north
Longitude
6.05277° or 6° 3′ 10″ east
Open location code
9F38J3P3+94
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruins
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Bleijenbeek Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bleijenbeek, kasteelrestant”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Bleijenbeek”
- Dutch: “Overblijfselen van het in 1944 verwoeste Kasteel Bleyenbeek”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 9025”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 529986”
- French: “château de Bleijenbeek”
- French: “Château de Bleijenbeek”
- German: “Schloss Bleijenbeek”
- Indonesian: “Kastil Bleijenbeek”
- Spanish: “castillo de Bleijenbeek”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Bleijenbeek”
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