Chateau Marquette (Heemskerk)

 

 

Marquettelaan 34

Heemskerk, North Holland

Tel. 025 125 70 25

nhmarquette@nh-hotels.com

 

Decription of Chateau Marquette

Marquette Castle in Heemskerk was built on the foundations of the old roundel Slot in Heemskerck.

 

Castle Heemskerk

The Huis tot Heemskerk dates from around 1250. The roundel was part of a long chain of castles for defense during the West Frisian Wars. It was inhabited by the Lords of Heemskerk, who exercised administration and jurisdiction in the craft of Heemskerk and Castricum.

The Lords of Heemskerk regularly came into conflict with neighboring Lords and with the farming population. In 1358 Slot Heemskerk was besieged by Dirk van Polanen. After eleven weeks, Wouter van Heemskerk had to surrender. In 1380 the family got the castle back, but without the seigniorial rights. In 1426 the castle was plundered by Kennemer farmers led by Willem Nagel. Later in the 15th century the estate came into the possession of the Lords of Assendelft.

 

Marquette Castle

In 1610 Karel van Arenberg sold the castle to Daniël de Hertaing, lord of Marquette-en-Ostrevant, who was married to Eleonora de Hennin, sister of the late Count of Bossu. He was allowed to name the property Marquette.

From 1717 to 1909 the house was owned by the Rendorp family, after which it passed through marriage in 1855 to the Gevers family, who owned it until 1980. They would only use this shelter as a country house. Between 1730 and 1760, the castle was completely renovated and given an 18th-century appearance.

Joachim Rendorp was the owner during the second half of the 18th century.
In the course of time, the castle underwent the necessary metamorphoses due to demolition and construction by the various owners. In 1742, according to the date above the front door, and 1828, the castle was radically changed and got its present appearance.

A large part of the special interior of Slot Assumburg was transferred to Marquette at the end of the 19th century. During World War II, Marquette Castle was used by the German occupation as a weather station. The castle was shelled a few times by the Allies, and the roof of the castle was severely damaged. The last owner, Mr. Gevers van Marquette, transferred the estate to the Heemskerk water company PWN in 1980. It was then restored and made suitable as a conference center. A hotel was also built on the estate during this period. After that, the castle was extensively restored by various owners to prevent further decay of the castle and the estate.