Château de Broich

Plombières, Belgium, Belgium

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Château de Broich (also called Château de Broeck) is a listed historic castle in the village of Montzen, part of the municipality of Plombières in northern Liège Province, Belgium, close to the German border.

It was probably built in the 16th century or earlier and originally belonged to the provostship of Notre‑Dame in Aachen, serving as the seat of the local Broeck court; it was later owned by the van der Heyden dit Belderbusch family, then by the de Harcking family, and finally by the de Broich family from the late 18th century until 1913, after whom it changed hands several times.

The castle still preserves a complex of four irregularly joined buildings in limestone and sandstone, with a basement pierced with loopholes and a main front that features a central entrance with a transom and a triangular fronton with an oculus. It is still partly surrounded by moats (two‑thirds of them, the eastern part having been filled in), and its chapel, which is also classified, forms an integral part of the heritage ensemble.