Villa Maarheeze was home of the Dutch foreign intelligence service '' Inlichtingendienst Buitenland'', a service that existed from the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

to 1994. The

villa A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...

is located in the city of

Wassenaar Wassenaar (; population: in ) is a municipality and town located in the province of South Holland, on the western coast of the Netherlands. An affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies north of that city on the N44/A44 highway near the Nort ...

, at ''Rijksstraatweg 675'', but is no longer in use by the Dutch government. Villa Maarheeze was established in 1914 and is a

Rijksmonument A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands ...

. ''Villa Maarheeze'' was also used as name of a work on the Foreign Intelligence Service, ''Villa Maarheeze: de geschiedenis van de inlichtingendienst buitenland'' (1998), a book written by Bob de Graaff and Cees Wiebes.

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Houses completed in 1914 Houses in the Netherlands Rijksmonuments in South Holland Wassenaar 1914 establishments in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-struct-stub