Castle Streversdorp Montzen

Castle Streversdorp Montzen

Streversdorp also called Castle 'Graaf' (Count in German) is a remarkable medieval castle from the 13th century (according to legend, it dates from 915) located in a valley, crossed by a water that flows into the river ‘Gueule’ . The name comes from the name of the first known owner of Egidius Triversdorp in 1275. Access to the house through the farm wich is bounded by two wings, a brick one(18th century), and one of limestone (1687) and opens at the right end on a likely 15th century chapel, rebuilt in 1734 by Vincent Belderbusch and his wife Marie-Claire Westrem. The castle bears the emblem of the Belderbusch family. Among the owners family, we also have the Horrick family (1431-1530), the family Belderbusch (1530 -1810), the Thiriart family (1810-1908), the Charles Janne Dothée family (1908-1986). The current owners are the Jansen family.

The walls have a thickness of 1.5 meters, the castle is protected by wide moat fed. It is accessible to the south by a stone bridge with three arches leading (formerly the drawbridge) at the gate overhung by an oval bullseye of 17th century. In the center, the old keep of the 13th century contains a very beautiful vaulted room which contained a magnificent fresco now disappeared. The two towers (southwest and northwest) was punctuated in the 16th century by two towers to the southwest and northwest corners. The north face is illuminated only by opening fire and the remaining three latrines. The castle was ranked 12 November 1954.

The castle is not accessible.