Everberg

Everberg is a town in the Belgian province Flemish Brabant and is part of the municipality of Kortenberg.

The neighbouring towns or municipalities are Leefdaal, Kortenberg, Erps-Kwerps, Meerbeek, Sterrebeek, Moorsel and Tervuren.

The latter was the patron saint of count Louis de Mérode, who donated significant sums for restoration of the church by H. Beyaert and Hankas.

The influences of the family de Merode were of great significance among other things because they managed a large part of the forest and the estates (which they still do) and participated in church and administrative policy in the village.

The gamekeeper's house lies alongside the cobbled Princes Lane (Prinsendreef) in Everberg and was built around 1770.

The church of Saint Martin of Tours was originally built in Romanesque style.

In the 14th century a Late Gothic choir with Brabant buttresses and the northern transept with the Our Lady Chapel, has been added.

The actual construction was executed under supervision of Paul Hankar and Hendrik Beyaert, the architects.

The farmstead, Biest Court (Dutch: Biesthof), is located on the corner of the roads Steenhofstraat and Bankstraat.

A 'biest' was a place where grass-like rushes grew, a moist piece of land or puddle.

Above the entrance, the number 1647 is mentioned, which refers to the construction year of the farmstead as we know it today.

Maria-Anna van Grave married Juste-Philibert de Spangen, Baron of Herent.

By inheritance, the Counts de Gage and the van der Linden family, Barons d'Hoogvorst, became the rightful owners of the castle.

At the end of the 18th century, the building was property of Nicolas Blairon from Frameries in Hainaut.

One of the world's largest chemical companies, Huntsman Corporation, has its own site in Everberg.

The Polyurethanes activities on the site include: administration, sales, research and development and small-scale production testing.

de Merode Castle
Gamekeeper's House
Saint Martin of Tours Church
Biest Court Farmstead