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Moyland Castle
Castle in Kleve, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moyland Castle (German: Schloss Moyland) is a moated castle in Bedburg-Hau in the district of Kleve, one of the most important neo-Gothic buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia. Its name derives from the Dutch word Mooiland which means "beautiful country". The name was probably coined by Dutch workers, whom the then-leaseholder Jacob van den Eger of the Lower Rhine brought to the property in 1307 to drain the surrounding wetlands.
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The building is now primarily a museum devoted to exhibiting the world's largest collection of work by artist Joseph Beuys.[1] It is a popular destination on the Lower Rhine.[2][3][4]