Castle · Heerlen · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Hoensbroek Castle is a castle in Heerlen, Limburg. This place has an audio tour of 2:19, in English or Dutch. Within 430 m you find a bench and a water point.
Audio tour · Hoensbroek Castle
2:19
You're standing at Hoensbroek Castle, one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It's also known as Gebrookhoes. Gebrook means swamp, and that's exactly where this place began. Around 1225 there was already a fortress on a mound here, and by 1250 a fortified house.
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Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
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Every day 10:00-17:30 (according to OpenStreetMap). Check the official website for public holidays.
Yes: a water point at 430 m.
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