Château de La Fougeraie

The Château de La Fougeraie, also called the Château Wittouck, is a stately home in Belgium built in 1911 for the industrialist Paul Wittouck.

Château de La Fougeraie
The château in 2019
Location within Belgium
Alternative namesChâteau Wittouck
General information
TypeChâteau
LocationUccle, Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates50.790177°N 4.383744°E / 50.790177; 4.383744
Design and construction
ArchitectLouis Süe, Paul Huillard
EngineerL. Bogaerts

Location

The château is located in Uccle, on the outskirts of Brussels, in the Sonian Forest.

History

The château was built in 1911 for the industrialist Paul Wittouck (1851–1917) by the architect Louis Süe (1875–1968). Paul Huillard (1875–1966) collaborated with Süe on the project.[1] The engineer was L. Bogaerts. Gustave Louis Jaulmes (1873–1959) decorated the interior.[2]

During World War II (1939–45) the Belgian fascist leader Léon Degrelle occupied the chateau. In September–October 1944 Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands made it his base.[3] The Dutchman Christiaan Lindemans, known as King Kong due to his physique, had served the British secret service for four years before offering his services to the Germans. He was arrested at the Chateau Wittouck on 28 October 1944 on suspicion that he had betrayed the attack on Arnhem. The charge was almost certainly false.[4]

Notes
    1. Institut français d'architecture 1991, p. 474.
    2. Objet SUELO-B-11-2...
    3. Zijl 2011, PT156.
    4. Jong 1955, pp. 111–112.

    Sources
    • Institut français d'architecture (1991-01-01). Archives d'architecture du XXe siècle. Mauad Editora Ltda. ISBN 978-2-87009-446-4. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
    • Jong, C.-T. de (January 1955). "La pretendue trahison d'Arnhem (15-9-1944)". Revue d'histoire de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, 5e Année (in French). Presses Universitaires de France (17). JSTOR 25731461.
    • "Objet SUELO-B-11-2. Château de La Fougeraie pour Paul Wittouck, Bruxelles (Belgique). 1911". Fonds Süe, Louis (1875-1968). 030 Ifa. Inventaire complet, réalisé par Susan Day, Sonia Gaubert, Marcos Carvalho-Canto sous la direction de Maurice Culot, Gilles Ragot. Centre d'archives de l'IFA. 2013-08-27. Archived from the original on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
    • Zijl, Annejet van der (2011-07-26). Bernhard: een verborgen geschiedenis. Singel Uitgeverijen. ISBN 978-90-214-4173-3. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
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