Aspremont-Lynden Castle () is a

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in the municipality of

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, province of Limburg,

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. The present castle, on the site of a mediaeval predecessor, was constructed by the noble family of d'Aspremont Lynden, Counts of Reckheim, in the early 17th century, in the

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. The building served during the 19th and 20th centuries as a prison and a psychiatric hospital.

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Inventaris: Kasteel d'Aspremont-Lynden

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