Heeze Castle
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Heeze Castle is situated in the Netherlands, south of Eindhoven. It used to be the centre of the seigneury of Heeze
, Leende and Zesgehuchten, part of the Duchy of Brabant
. In the Middle Ages, it was owned by the de Horne family. In the Seventeenth Century Pieter Post
designed a new castle, of which the first part was built.
Due to the rising costs of importing all building materials from other regions of the country, the build of the Post design was halted early and never finished. For this reason, the part of the castle that is used by the current owners was actually meant to be the servants' quarters. The biggest part of the castle was to be built behind the first courtyard.
In 1760 the castle was bought by Jan Maximiliaan van Tuyll van Serooskerken. The van Tuyll van Serooskerken
family has lived in the castle ever since.
Heeze
Heeze is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heeze-Leende, about 9 km southeast of Eindhoven.Heeze was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Leende....
, Leende and Zesgehuchten, part of the Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Brabant
The Duchy of Brabant was a historical region in the Low Countries. Its territory consisted essentially of the three modern-day Belgian provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Antwerp, the Brussels-Capital Region and most of the present-day Dutch province of North Brabant.The Flag of...
. In the Middle Ages, it was owned by the de Horne family. In the Seventeenth Century Pieter Post
Pieter Post
Pieter Jansz Post was a Dutch Golden Age architect, painter and printmaker.-Biography:...
designed a new castle, of which the first part was built.
Due to the rising costs of importing all building materials from other regions of the country, the build of the Post design was halted early and never finished. For this reason, the part of the castle that is used by the current owners was actually meant to be the servants' quarters. The biggest part of the castle was to be built behind the first courtyard.
In 1760 the castle was bought by Jan Maximiliaan van Tuyll van Serooskerken. The van Tuyll van Serooskerken
Tuyll
Tuyll is the name of a noble Dutch family, with familial and historical links to England, whose full name is van Tuyll van Serooskerken. Several knights, members of various courts, literary figures, generals, ambassadors, statesmen and explorers carried the family name.-Early and High Middle...
family has lived in the castle ever since.