En un regard
Le château en bref
Bunswyck Castle lies along the Tiensesteenweg, in Kessel-Lo, a district of the city of Louvain (and not in Korbeek-Lo). The estate occupies the southern slope of the Predikherenberg and covers about 9.5 hectares. Its origins are modest: from the second quarter of the 18th century, a first building is recorded beside the Louvain–Tirlemont road, laid out between 1700 and 1717, where the Peemans family operated a tile and brickworks. In the mid-19th century, the site became an aristocratic country residence, enlarged in the second half of the century. The barons Dieudonné and then Ernst de Bunswyck, who gave the estate its name, held it in succession until the early 20th century. In 1937, the Hottat family, textile industrialists linked to the Fabota hosiery company of Louvain, bought the property, had the castle thoroughly renovated and greatly extended the park around 1938. The castle is Neoclassical, with Neo-Renaissance elements; the landscaped park includes a belvedere influenced by the Nieuwe Bouwen. In 2021, the Flemish Region protected the castle as a monument, together with its boundary wall and gates, the former De Mol inn and the K29 milestone; the park is protected as a historical-cultural landscape. Today the castle hosts receptions, meetings and events.
