Château de Wodémont
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The Château de Wodémont or Walberg Castle is a fortified house immediately east of the Belgian village of Mortroux within the municipality of Dalhem, Wallonia. It is now used as a private residence.[1]
The Château de Wodémont lies at the top of an incline, on an outcrop of a plateau, and is close to the Berwinne, lying just to the south of the river.
History
[edit | edit source]Around 1063 the castle was variously named as Waldenborch and Waldenberge. The old tower itself dates from the 11th or 12th century. A Latin document from 1143 mentions the tower using the name of Waldemonte. It had a defensive significance for the Duchy of Limburg because the valley below the castle marked the border between the because the county of Dalhem and the Duchy.
A southern wing was added to the tower in the 17th century while the eastern wing was added in 1860.[2] In 1513, on the death of John of Neufchâteau, the manor and Château de Wodémont passed to Balthasar van Moir Walde.[3]
During the Second World War, the Château was occupied by the Germans and then subsequently by the Americans during the Battle of the Bulge.
References
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