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Oost Castle
Oost Castle ( nl, Kasteel Oost, italic=no) is a manor house in Oost-Maarland, a village in Eijsden, Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, the Netherlands. Located along the Meuse, it can be traced to an 11th-century Motte-and-bailey castle, motte-and-bailey residential tower that was expanded several times between 1548 and 1800. After falling into dilapidation, it was renovated in 1848 but had fallen into dilapidation again by the beginning of World War II. Beginning in 1941, an art colony led by Teun Roosenburg and his wife Jopie Roosenburg-Goudriaan, Jopie took residence in the castle. As they worked, trading art for food, the artists smuggled Jewish refugees away from the German occupation of the Netherlands, German occupation. The Roosenburgs purchased the castle in 1957, after which time they made extensive renovations, replacing the 1848-built Swiss chalet style, chalet roof with a flatter design. After their deaths, the castle was acquired by Michel Maes; , it is being con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oost-Maarland
Oost-Maarland is a village in the south east of the European country Netherlands. There it is an administrative population centre in the Eijsden-Margraten municipality, which forms part of the Province of Limburg. In fact Oost-Maarland consists of two separate places with a different history. One is the village and former municipality of Oost, whereas the other is an in a distance of a few hundred metres separately to the southeast situated township called Maarland. Oost-Maarland is located some 3 km north of Eijsden, the biggest place in the municipality and south of Maastricht, the provincial capital. In its northeast it borders Rijckholt and in its east and southeast the Sint Geertruid part of the Savelsbos hillside forest, which is part of the "Margraten plateau". In the west it borders the Meuse river, across which marks the border with Belgium, specifically the Liège province of Wallonia. Inbetween Maarland and this forest since a few decennia passes the E25 high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
