The name "Domherenhuis" is derived from the first and also most famous resident of the complex: Baron Lambert de Villenfagne (1753-1822). He was a canon of the chapter of the Saint-Lambert Cathedral in Liège. He was born in 1753 as the second son of the lord of the castle Jean Ignace de Villenfagne. He built the house in 1795 to live there with his unmarried sister, Marie-Françoise de Villenfagne. During the French rule, Lambert de Villenfagne was mayor of Zolder. Over time, the house was usually inhabited by widows or by unmarried sons and daughters of the lord of the castle. It was two ladies, Miss Leen (1887-1966) and her mother Baroness Dowager Leon de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck (1864-1947), who left their mark on this small castle in the twentieth century.
In 1938, they built the eastern wing with a caretaker's house, guest rooms and a house chapel. After the death of "Miss Leen" in 1966, the property first came into the hands of the municipality, later of the Limburg Landscape Foundation and currently a B&B is run there with 4 guest rooms. The entire complex (mansion and park) was protected as a monument on 5 June 2003. The park is open to the public.

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August 24, 2024

The Domherengoed is a split-off from the barony Vogelsanck, on which a farm was built in 1785 for Antoine Lambert de Villenfagne (1753-1822), canon or canon of the Sint-Lambertus chapter in Liège until 1794. Today it is a U-shaped complex, of which the central wing dates from around 1795, the eastern wing from 1938 and the western wing from 1964. The building is located in a spacious, wooded park.

Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Dommansion with park, id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/22505

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