The Nijenhuis is an
estate
Estate or The Estate may refer to:
Law
* Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations
* Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries.
** The Estates, representat ...
near the village
Heino in the province of
Overijssel
Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...
,
The Netherlands. The estate holds an avezathe (a kind of
manor house, typical for Overijssel).
The building is in use by
Museum de Fundatie
Museum de Fundatie () is a museum for the visual arts in Zwolle, Netherlands. Museum de Fundatie forms part of the Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, to which Kasteel het Nijenhuis in Heino also belongs. Museum de Fundatie possesses a collection of vis ...
as an exhibition space for visual art. Part of the gardens house a collection of sculptures.
History
The first written source of Nijenhuis is from 1382.
Museum
From 1958 to 1984
Dirk Hannema
Dirk Hannema (16 September 1895 – 7 July 1984) was a controversial museum director and art collector. The Museum Boijmans flourished under his directorship, but he was also arrested and interned for eight months for his conduct during the Germa ...
lived at the estate. He located his collection of art in what is often called "kasteel het Nijenhuis" (Castle The Nijenhuis).
See also
*
Nijenhuis (Diepenheim) — a castle with the same name near
Diepenheim, also in the Dutch province of
Overijssel
Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...
.
References
External links
*
Buildings and structures in Overijssel
{{Netherlands-museum-stub