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.
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Heeze Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Heeze) 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 in 1665. Pieter Post had died and the work was completed by his son Maurits Post.
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...
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Nice surroundings for a Sunday stroll. There are quite a few paths around the castle, the shortest of which is about 4.3 km. Walk through the castle gates and up to the door, turn left and then keep right. You exit the grounds through the secondary gate and follow 100m of the tarred road keeping the moat to your right. Turn right, leaving the tarred road, still with the moat to your right. The path turns into a forest trail where you leave the moat behind. The trail winds through the forest, past a stream and up to a farm road where you turn right. After half a kilometer, right again at the first indicated forest path. Follow the path, eventually crossing the bridge and reaching a cross roads in the forest. Turn right and follow the path back to the...
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This was by far my favorite stop on the tour (self drive). All is kept nice and tidy so you really have that "castle" feeling. There are but a few rules but they are enforced which is probably why it is so well kept (dogs on leash, no trespassing for photos, no littering...) If you want to see more than the castle moat, the porter's house (from the other side of the moat) you do well to call in advance. Photo shoots are possible if agreed upon beforehand. Rogue visits are NOT appreciated! Be polite and call beforehand- there is still a family...
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