Château St. Gerlach is a hotel in Valkenburg, the Netherlands.[1] Wikidata describes it as “castle in Houthem, Netherlands”. It is owned by Oostwegel Collection. It stands about 2.4 km from the centre of Valkenburg.[3]
Overview
Château St. Gerlach, formerly St. Gerlach Monastery or Sint-Gerlachusstift, is located in the church village of Houthem in Valkenburg aan de Geul in the valley of the Geul river, in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It was originally built in the twelfth century as a monastery of canons and functioned from the fourteenth century as noble ladies convent. In the nineteenth century, the monastery was converted into a castle-like country house.
From “Château St. Gerlach” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
It is listed as a Rijksmonument. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 2.4 km from the centre of Valkenburg. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST), about 7 km from the centre of Valkenburg.[4]
It is one of 5 hotels in and around Valkenburg recorded in Wikidata, 5 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Innpedia also lists 3 chain-operated properties there. Of the 2 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Hotel Schaepkens van St. Fijt, opened in 1885. See Hotels in Valkenburg.
See also
References
- ^ Château St. Gerlach (Q3916348). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Château St. Gerlach. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2024-07-09.
- ^ Valkenburg (Q100076). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Valkenburg. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.