Château of Arenberg
The Château of Arenberg or Arenberg Castle is a Flemish Renaissance style château in Heverlee, close to Leuven, Belgium. It is surrounded by a park. Built in place of a 12th-century medieval castle, the current château was started in the 16th century but still underwent many changes in the following centuries.Photo: Juhanson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: University building
- Description: château in Leuven, Belgium
- Also known as: “Arenberg Castle”, “Arenberg Chateau”, “Arenberg Kasteel”, “Arenbergkasteel”, “Castle Arenberg”, and “Kasteel van Arenberg”
- Address: Kasteelpark Arenberg 1, Heverlee, 3001
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Lambert’s Chapel (Heverlee) and Den Dreef.
Saint Lambert’s Chapel (Heverlee)
Church
Photo: PJ Geest, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Lambert’s Chapel (Heverlee) is a church, which is situated 330 metres east of Château of Arenberg.
Den Dreef
Stadium
Photo: George Bryce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Den Dreef, also known as King Power at Den Dreef for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the Heverlee suburb of Leuven in Belgium. Den Dreef is situated 1 km northeast of Château of Arenberg.
St John Berchmans University College, Heverlee
Monastery
St John Berchmans University College, locally known as Jezuietenhuis or Lerkeveld, is an educational institution run by the European Low Countries Province of the Society of Jesus in Heverlee, outside Leuven. St John Berchmans University College, Heverlee is situated 520 metres southeast of Château of Arenberg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heverlee and Terbank.
Heverlee
Town
Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heverlee is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977.
Oud-Heverlee
Town
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oud-Heverlee is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages of Blanden, Haasrode, Oud-Heverlee proper, Sint-Joris-Weert and Vaalbeek. Oud-Heverlee is situated 3 km southwest of Château of Arenberg.
Château of Arenberg
- Categories: château, castle, building, historic site, and education
- Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.86333° or 50° 51′ 48″ northLongitude
4.68321° or 4° 40′ 60″ eastInception
16th centuryOperator
KU LeuvenOpen location code
9F26VM7M+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 449675340OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1522076
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Château of Arenberg” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kasteel van Arenberg”
- Chinese: “阿伦贝格城堡”
- Czech: “Zámek Arenberg”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Arenberg”
- Esperanto: “Kasteel van Arenberg”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo de Arenberg”
- Finnish: “Arenbergin linna”
- French: “château d’Arenberg”
- French: “Château d’Arenberg”
- German: “Schloss Arenberg”
- Hebrew: “טירת ארנברג”
- Italian: “Castello di Arenberg”
- Japanese: “アーレンベルク城”
- Luxembourgish: “Schlass Arenberg (Léiwen)”
- Luxembourgish: “Schlass Arenberg”
- Macedonian: “Аренберг”
- Polish: “pałac Arenberg”
- Polish: “zamek Arenberg”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Aremberga”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Arenberg”
- Romanian: “Casa Aremberg”
- Russian: “Аренберг”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Arenberg”
- Swedish: “Kasteel van Arenberg”
- Ukrainian: “Кастель ван Аренберг”
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