Donjon van Batsheers

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Le château en bref

The Batsheers donjon stands at Bastheersstraat 4 in Heers (Limburg), at the south-western corner of a large enclosed farm in a hollow near the church. It is an almost square residential tower of three storeys, built of flint rubble with quoin courses and probably dating from the thirteenth century. The upper storey, the best preserved, retains two small windows with bluestone surrounds, a trefoil-headed Gothic niche and the remains of a fireplace. The upper part was restored in brick under a mansard roof. The farm already appears on the Ferraris map (1771-1777) and in the Atlas des chemins vicinaux of 1843 under the name Hoebaershoef. Only the tower and perhaps the adjoining house have survived from that period, the rest dating from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. Lords of Batsheers are attested from 1295, but the identification of the tower with their residence has not been established. The donjon has been protected as a monument since 13 July 2005, together with the neighbouring tilleul châtaignier.