Huis Schouwenburg is a historic country estate, located between ‘t Harde and Elburg. The House dates from the 17th century. In its long history it has been renovated many times. The last major restoration was completed in 2012. Since 2010, the country estate has been privately occupied and is not open to viewing. The house […]
Huis Schouwenburg is a historic country estate, located between ‘t Harde and Elburg. The House dates from the 17th century. In its long history it has been renovated many times. The last major restoration was completed in 2012. Since 2010, the country estate has been privately occupied and is not open to viewing. The house can be visited several times a year as part of small-scale events.
History
The oldest mention of Schouwenburg dates from 1333. But it is not known whether there was already a house there at that time.
Two centuries later in 1544, Otto van Haeften sold Schouwenburg to Aert van Arler.
We know from a preserved verpondingscohier (a kind of tax register) that a substantial house existed in 1623.
The oldest parts, the marble floor in the hall and beam layers on the floor of the current house, date from that time.
The estate remained the property of descendants of Aert van Arler until 1761. Due to inheritance in the female line, the noble names of the owners changed regularly: Sageman, Heeck, van Zuylen van Nijevelt and van Dedem.
The last Frederik Hendrik van Dedem lived a little too well, so that after his death in 1761 Schouwenburg had to be sold to pay off his debts.
The next owner-occupier was John McLeod. After the death of his wife, he sold Schouwenburg in 1777 to Baron Adolph Pieter Carel van Spaen.
Address and contact
Schouwenburg 2
8084 PE 't Harde
