Limbricht Castle – Sittard Market loop from Sittard
Limbricht Castle – Sittard Market loop from Sittard
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Limbricht Castle – Sittard Market loop from Sittard
02:28
42.0km
130m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: May 21, 2026
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Temporary access restrictions
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After 41.9 km for 95 m
Open: • 6:30 PM-12:00 PM (otherwise dismount required)
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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130 m
Great Church, Sittard
Highlight • Religious Site
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3.89 km
Limbricht Castle
Highlight • Castle
The castle complex is located within a wide moat and consists of a castle and a castle farm as an outer bailey. The castle is a fully basemented four-winged square building around a small courtyard. It is a rare example of a motte castle, a castle on an artificially constructed hill. The motte with the castle on it lies like an island in the moat.
The cellars of the castle have marlstone barrel vaults and loopholes have been made in the outer walls. The four wings of the current castle, which have a lean-to roof, were built in the early 17th century in Maasland Renaissance style with window frames in Namur stone by Nicolaas van Breyll (?-1655). He also had the castle hill enlarged to an area of 36 by 36 meters. A chronogram on the entrance gate mentions the year 1622 as the year the castle was built. The rear wing contains a square staircase tower with a double knobbed spire. It also contains a five-sided castle chapel from 1643, with a stucco ceiling. Inside, the castle has a large hall with a mantelpiece with a frieze on which the alliance arms of the Van Breyl family are displayed.
The outer bailey is a U-shaped castle farm with the year anchors '1630' and was built in several construction phases. The west and south wings were built first; the east wing shortly afterwards. It is remarkable that the initially planned corner towers were never built. Access to the courtyard of the castle farm is via an arched bridge over the outer moat. At the entrance in the west wing there is a gatekeeper's house and a milk house. In the 18th century, a sheep shed was added to the end of the east wing.
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11.0 km
‘t Veerke Ferry Rotem–Grevenbicht
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14.0 km
Obbicht Castle
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The new castle also went up in flames in 1954, but thanks to a successful restoration between 1975 and 1988, it was restored to its full glory. The building, like the adjacent castle farm, is on the list of national monuments. The moats around the castle are fed with water from the Kingbeek. There used to be a paper factory in this stream (1699).
The castle is privately owned and cannot be visited.
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14.2 km
Cycle path on the Maasdijk near Obbicht
Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway
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31.6 km
Old Canals of Sittard
Highlight • Historical Site
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36.6 km
Tüdderner Fenn
Nature Reserve
37.5 km
Restored Rodebach
Highlight • River
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41.8 km
Sittard Market
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42.0 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
23.0 km
8.74 km
7.19 km
2.79 km
268 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
23.7 km
13.7 km
3.40 km
809 m
268 m
153 m
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