Sterrebeek Castle was a moated castle in

Lokeren Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...

, of which have survived only a few remains incorporated in a 19th-century building. The castle once belonged to the de Cortewille family, and was situated between the Oude Vismijn and Lokeren's Markt. In the 19th century, what remained of the castle was integrated into a building housing a glass warehouse. Traces of the former castle can be seen in the said building's eastern facade, in the remaining arched door ('' korfboogdeur'') and sandstone corner stone. The remains of the castle can be accessed through a small alley. The building in which the remains were integrated is a broad, brick three-story structure, with round arched windows and

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. File:Schets van het Kasteel van Sterrebeek (Stadsarchief Lokeren).jpg, Sketch of Sterrebeek Castle (Lokeren City Archives) File:Lokeren Groentemarkt 5 large.jpg, Remains of Sterrebeek Castle integrated in the modern building File:Lokeren Groentemarkt 5 large1.jpg, The 19th-century brick industrial building

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* Demey A. 1981: ''Inventaris van het cultuurbezit in België, Architectuur, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Arrondissement Sint-Niklaas'', Bouwen door de eeuwen heen in Vlaanderen 7N1 (B-L), Brussel - Gent. Castles in Belgium Castles in East Flanders {{Belgium-castle-stub

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