Reuland Castle

Reuland Castle is a castle in southeast Belgium, Burg-Reuland, near the border of Germany, probably built after 1148 by the von Reuland nobles.

Reuland Castle
Castle Reuland (2006)
Location within Belgium
General information
Typehillside castle, settlement
ClassificationRuins
LocationBurg-Reuland
Coordinates50°11′44.5″N 6°8′4″E
Completed1100 till 1300
OwnerGentry

The castle was sold in 1322 to Count John the Blind and the King of Bohemia. On May 24, 1384, King Wenzel of Luxembourg designated Edmund von Engelsdorf the Secretary of the Treasury of Luxembourg, and donated the Castle and the Reuland Domain (comprising the villages Oberbesslang and Niederbesslang) to him.

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