Kasteel van Moregem, castle in Moregem, Belgium

Kasteel van Moregem is a castle in Wortegem-Petegem built between 1792 and 1798 on the site of an older water castle from 1588. The brick building has a rectangular shape with a slate roof and a facade decorated with stone details, surrounded by a landscaped park with old walls and tree-lined areas.

Originally a Renaissance water fortress stood here in 1588 with fortified walls for protection against enemies. The present building was reconstructed in the late 18th century under Louis XVI influence, possibly with architect J. Pisson involved in the design.

The castle stood at Heerbaan 5-6 and 6A and Koestraat 3 in Moregem, but the building burnt out completely in the night of 8 to 9 March 2025 and is no longer standing. The gatehouse in early neo-Gothic style, the grotto construction and the service houses on the estate remain. A procedure was started in 2026 to withdraw its listed monument status.

The 1792-1798 replacement was called a speelhuis (playhouse), a leisure residence rather than a defensive castle. The estate also holds an early neo-Gothic gatehouse, a grotto construction and service dwellings. A fire in the night of 8-9 March 2025 gutted the vacant castle, and in 2026 a procedure began to remove its monument status.