Huis Bergh is a castle in

's-Heerenberg s-Heerenberg is a city on the Dutch-German border, in the Province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 5 km north of the German Emmerich, and about south of Doetinchem. It received city rights in 1379. 's-Heerenberg is the locat ...

and is one of the largest castles in the

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. It gives its name to the

Land van den Bergh The Land van den Bergh was a lordship in Zutphen, Netherlands and included 's-Heerenberg, Didam, Etten (Gendringen), Etten, Zeddam, Gendringen, Netterden, and the Westervoort fiefdom. It was previously ruled over by the List of counts van Bergh, c ...

and was previously owned by the counts van Bergh. Nowadays, it is a famous tourist attraction for its beautiful appearance and late-medieval art collection.

History

The building history dates back to the 13th century. The main parts of the castle are from the 14th, 15th and 17th century. In the beginning of the

Dutch Revolt The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) (Historiography of the Eighty Years' War#Name and periodisation, c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and t ...

the house got damaged by war. In 1735 the castle burned down.
In 1912 Huis Bergh and all belongings became the property of

Jan Herman van Heek Jan Herman van Heek ( Enschede, 20 October 1873 – Doetinchem, 25 January 1957) was a Dutch industrialist, textile manufacturer, patron of the arts, art collector and nature conservationist and owner of Huis Bergh Huis Bergh is a castle in ...

, an industrialist from

Enschede Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...

.
He restored the buildings. In 1939 there was another major fire. Thanks to the help of locals most of the furniture was rescued. Renovation began the same year and was completed in 1941.

Art collection

Huis Bergh contains a collection of early Italian paintings, one famous example of which is a panel from the

Maestà Maestà , the Italian word for "majesty", designates a classification of images of the enthroned Madonna with the child Jesus, the designation generally implying accompaniment by angels, saints, or both. The ''Maestà'' is an extension of the "Sea ...

Duccio Duccio di Buoninsegna ( , ; – ) was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religious buildings around Italy. Ducc ...

, which was added to the castle's collection in the 19th century. In addition to a portrait of

Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

Holbein Hans Holbein may refer to: * Hans Holbein the Elder Hans Holbein the Elder ( , ; german: Hans Holbein der Ältere; – 1524) was a German painter. Life Holbein was born in free imperial city of Augsburg (Germany), and died in Issenheim, Alsa ...

Huis Bergh has an extraordinary collection of medieval handwritings. File:'s-Heerenberg, Huis Bergh RM526787 IMG 5366 2020-05-09 10.34.jpg, Castle: Huis Bergh Image:Huis Berg 01 PM07.jpg, Huis Bergh Image:Ingang Huis Berg.jpg, Entrance to Huis Bergh Image:2006-09-07 restaurant bij huis bergh.jpg, Restaurant at Huis Bergh Image:Huisberghsneeuw.jpg, Huis Berg in the snow

References

*Kransber, D. & H. Mils, ''Kastelengids van Nederland, middeleeuwen'', Bussem 1979 () *Kalkwiek, K.A., A.I.J.M. Schellart, H.P.H. Jansen & P.W. Geudeke, ''Atlas van de Nederlandse kastelen'', Alphen aan den Rijn 1980 () *Helsdingen, H.W. van, ''Gids voor de Nederlandse kastelen en buitenplaatsen'', Amsterdam 1966 *Tromp, H.M.J., ''Kijk op kastelen'' Amsterdam 1979 ()

External links

Website Kasteel Huis Bergh

Collectie op IGEM (Internet Gelderse Musea)
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History

Art collection

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