Moulbaix Castle

Moulbaix Castle, locally known as Château de Moulbaix, Château de la Forêt or Château du Chasteler, lies in a private wooded park in the town of the same name, in the province of Hainaut in the Wallonia region in Belgium.

By the end of the Middle Ages, the Chasteler family owned most of the village of Moulbaix and had a medieval castle on this site.

Around 1860, the medieval castle was replaced by a new castle in the Tudor Revival style, designed by architect Désiré Limbourg for Marquess Oswald du Chasteler. In 1889, the castle was damaged by fire but was later restored by Limbourg.

Moulbaix Castle was last inhabited by Count Aymar d'Ursel and his wife, Countess Nadine de Spoelberch. After their deaths in 2005 and 2007, respectively, the castle remained fully furnished but uninhabited because their five children could not agree on who would inherit it. Over the next ten years, the abandoned castle fell into disrepair.

During that time, it also became a popular destination for urban explorers. The castle earned the nickname "Château de la Police" because alerted police often arrested the explorers. It is also said to be haunted.

In 2016, Moulbaix Castle was finally sold at auction by the descendants of the Count and Countess for 3.725 million euros to the Govaert family. What they plan to do with the castle has not yet been disclosed.

The Moulbaix Castle estate is private property and cannot be visited. A beautiful castle.

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