Hackforts Veenhuis is now a country house, but used to be a castle. The house is surrounded by a park landscape with beautiful tree-lined avenues, forests and fields. The house was first mentioned in 1298, but in the centuries that followed, much of the house was demolished, renovated and changed.
The name Veenhuis was first mentioned in 1298. An Overijssel fief since 1385 and owned by the Deventer/Overijssel family of Van Twickelo from 1435. When Helmig van Twickelo's estate was divided in 1549, the farm was split into two halves. The southeastern part of the farm was assigned to Winolt van Twickelo. Another part of the property was inherited as Grotenhuys-Veenhuis from the Van Grotenhuis family.
In 1578 it passed to his daughter Megteld, who was married to squire Johan Hackfort. The estate was owned by the Hackfort family from 1578 to 1752 and became known as Hackforts Veenhuis.
Due to the marriage of heir daughter Johanna Christina, the estate came into the hands of the Von Munnich family in 1752. In 1793 the family sold the estate to E.J.Grotenhuis, owner of the other Veenhuys. In 1803 it was sold to lady A.R.M. from Lamsweerde. The front part of the 16th century house was replaced by a new country house in 1852, and was extensively renovated by Postma in 1932. He chose a historicizing style, but greatly changed the building. Postma also designed the conversion of a farm into a gardener's home with garage. In the mid-19th century it was owned by H.L. van Hooff. It was then inherited by the Van Kakebeeke family, then by the Ankersmit family. They sold the estate around 1955.
In the 1970s the house was converted into Grundig's condern house. The estate has been privately owned since 2003 and the villa has been restored to its former glory by the current residents.
Residents
1578 - Van Hackfort family
1752 - 1793 Von Munnich family
1793 - 1803 E.J. van Grotenhuis
1803 - A.R.M. from Lamsweerde
- H.L. van Hoof
- Kakebeeke family
- 1955 Ankersmit family
2003 -Privately owned
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