House & Garden 
hood teems with historic and feudal memories. 
Within a short distance from the town, the 
Castle of Vorst crowns a solitary hill. The 
story of its construction goes back to the 
times of the Romans; for it was they,— 
ever watchful of vantage points to command 
a highway or defile,—who laid the beginnings 
of its walls. This was one of the castles on 
which Count Meinhard had laid his violent 
hand, for in 1256 it is recorded that he be¬ 
stowed it upon his son. Obtaining its 
name from the early ownership of Wolfhard 
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