Kasteel Boekenberg, Rococo castle in Deurne, Belgium.

Kasteel Boekenberg is a two-story castle in Deurne, Antwerp, rebuilt in Rococo style between 1751 and 1755 to a design attributed to architect Van Baurscheit. Its pale plastered facade has a rounded-arch doorway with columns and a wrought-iron balcony, cross-muntin windows, and a steep dark roof with five arched dormers and a small clock tower. A fire destroyed the castle on 12 August 2022.

Built between 1751 and 1755 under the commission of Maria Knyff, this castle replaced an earlier 16th-century settlement that included a house and farm. The property changed hands several times over the centuries and underwent restoration work in recent decades.

The landscape holds a five-tiered Chinese pagoda added around 1800 by banker J.W. Smets, along with an underground grotto and ice cellar that later became the Natuurhistorisch Museum Boekenberg. A cast-iron Della Faille bridge, installed when the gardens were relandscaped in 1859, crosses the water.

The castle stands in Boekenbergpark in Deurne; the city bought the central 10 hectares in 1914 and opened the park to the public only in 1926. The former mirror pond became an open-air swimming pool in 1934. The castle itself was wrecked by fire on 12 August 2022, and from 1 May 2023 a temporary roof was built over it so restoration could continue, so expect building works and keep to the paths.

The park holds a collection of rare tree species from around the world, many of which have been growing here for many decades. A former mirror pond was converted into a swimming pool in the 1930s, showing how the property adapted to different uses over time.