Domain Breivelde, Castle estate and landscape park in Grotenberge, Zottegem, Belgium

Breivelde Castle is a red-brick building in Flemish neo-Renaissance style, rebuilt in 1904 by Philippe Plancqaert van Exen van Beauvechain on the site of an 1871 summer residence. It has two round turrets with dark conical spires, grey stone trim and a covered terrace at the base of the right wing. The castle stands in an English landscape garden laid out around 1887, with ten ponds, a fountain, a cascade and an imitation river bend that mirrors the building.

The estate was known as Warande and Heiligenborre and served as a pleasure wood for hunting and fishing. In 1830 Josephus Johannes De Rouck owned a pleasure wood and pond there; industrialist August De Rouck inherited it in 1852 and probably created the large pond around then. He had a country house built in 1871 as a summer residence but died before the park was finished. Georges Herry acquired the estate in 1887 and had the park relaid as the English landscape garden seen today. Philippe Plancqaert van Exen van Beauvechain bought it in 1902 and in 1904 had the house rebuilt as Breivelde Castle in Flemish neo-Renaissance style; in 1913 a balcony on cast-iron columns and an arcade were added. The city of Zottegem bought the domain in 1970 and opened it to the public on 10 May 1971.

The estate was long known as 'Warande' and 'Heiligenborre' before the name Breivelde came into use; it served as a pleasure wood for hunting and fishing. From 1977 to 1996 the castle housed the Museum for Folklore. The ice cellar of Kasteel Breivelde is now a roost for bats.

The grounds are best explored on foot, as the ten ponds spread across the rolling terrain with numerous paths connecting them. Sturdy footwear is recommended since the paths wind through wooded areas and can become muddy, especially after rain.

The ice cellar of Breivelde Castle shelters hibernating bats. The estate also holds a play forest called 'De Zotte Jungle' and two newer woodland extensions, 'Breiveldebos' and 'Vogelzangbos', added to the historic park.