Castle of Ordingen

Sint-Truiden, Belgium, Belgium

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Kasteel van Ordingen is a historic castle in the village of Ordingen, part of the municipality of Sint‑Truiden, Limburg, Belgium, lying near the Melsterbeek river and originally built as a border guard of the County of Loon, which later became part of the Prince‑Bishopric of Liège.

First mentioned in 1040 as the lordship of the lords of Ordingen, the castle was destroyed in 1467 during the Battle of Brustem and rebuilt by the Van Horion family, who in the 16th century transformed it into a Renaissance residence under Willem III and Willem IV van Horion; in 1611 the property was sold to the Grand Commandery of Alden Biesen of the Teutonic Order, and in 1633 they reconstructed it into a commandery as a subordinate of that large estate.

While later alterations in the late‑18th century introduced neo‑classical details and in the late‑19th century the castle was rebuilt in the Flemish Renaissance Revival style by Léon de Pitteurs Higaerts, son of the 18th‑century coal and sugar merchant Charles Pitteurs‑Hiégaeerts.