Draft:Boeckenberg Castle
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
|  |
Comment: This article establishes that the castle exists, but not that it is notable. It is also very reliant on just one source. You will need about two more sources that talk about the castle in some detail. You might look at the books and papers cited in your current source #1 to see if any of them can help you.As a separate issue, "casteel" can mean castle but apparently is much more general than the English word. You might try to find what this building is normally called in English; I doubt it's "castle". M kuhner (talk) 03:43, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
| Boekenberg Castle | |
|---|---|
Kasteel Boekenberg | |
 | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Castle |
| Location | |
| Area | 30 ha |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1751-1755 |
Boekenberg Castle is a castle in the Boekenberg Park in Antwerp, Belgium.
History
[edit]The estates origin dates back to the mid-16th century. Between 1751 to 1755 it was redeveloped in rococo designs of Jan Pieter Van Baurscheit de Jonge. By the end of the 18th century a romantic park which included a Chinese pagoda was added to the estate. Catharina Regina Maria della Faillle, wife of Constant-Charles-Marie of Havre bought the estate in 1838. On Catharina's behalf the park was reworked in 1859 by Friedrich Eduard Keilig.[1]
In 1911 the property was given to the real estate company F by its last private owner Paul Cogels. 1914 the municipality of Antwerp bought the middle part of estate, being approximately 10 hectares. Until 1928 the park was closed to the public. The former mirror pond was transformed into an outdoor swimming pool in 1934. The castle switched hands various times afterwards until it became property of the OCNW in 1956.[1]
Until 2018 the estate was used as a center for special youth care until the Zorgbedrijf Antwerpen (formerly OCNW) put it up for sell.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Kasteel Boekenberg met park". inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be (in Dutch). 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2026-06-14.
- ↑ "Zorgbedrijf Antwerpen verkoopt Kasteel Boekenberg". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2026-06-14.
- provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements;
- are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
- are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.
Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.