Paleis Noordeinde
The Royal Palace Noordeinde in the center of The Hague serves as the official seat of the Dutch monarchy and is not far from the Binnenhof , the seat of the Dutch parliament .
Also known as ' t Oude Hof , the building was built in 1533 for the governor of Holland, Willem Goudt . In 1566 it changed hands, and in 1595 it was acquired by the states of Holland for Louise de Coligny , the widow of William I of Orange-Nassau , leader in the Dutch War of Independence against Spain, and her son Friedrich Heinrich of Orange . In 1609 he received the palace from the States as a gift. He lived in it with his wife Amalie zu Solms-Braunfels . The prince also acquired the surrounding land and had the palace extended in 1640 by Pieter Post and Jacob van Campen and added two elongated side wings, which give it its current H-shape. In 1645, the two master builders began building the Huis ten Bosch in the Hague on his behalf .
The Dutch governor and at the same time Anglo-Scottish King Wilhelm III. von Oranien , the last male descendant of the main Orange-Nassau line , appointed his distant nephew Johann Wilhelm Friso von Nassau-Dietz (1687–1711), governor in Friesland and Groningen, as the sole heir of his private property, which also included the palace he built Het Loo belonged to. However, the Orange inheritance, including the Huis ten Bosch and the Palais Het Loo, fell to the Prussian royal family through the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, as Frederick I of Prussia was a close relative of Wilhelm III. had been. Frederick the Great sold the now run-down house, in which he had Voltaire lodged in 1740 , in 1754 to the Dutch governor Wilhelm V (1748–1806) from the Nassau-Dietz family ; the Nassau had previously acquired the Huis ten Bosch and the Palais Het Loo from the soldier king.
In 1814, King Wilhelm I of the Netherlands had the building changed again; In 1948 a fire devastated a large part of the palace, which then housed an international school for a long time .
After it was extensively restored in the 1970s, the palace now serves as the official and work residence of the king, who also receives state visits here, while the Huis ten Bosch is his residence. The former Queen Beatrix furnished the palace with parts of her important collection of modern art.
The strict classical facade is only loosened by the gable, which bears the coat of arms of the Orange .
In front of the palace are monuments to Wilhelm the Silent from 1845 and to Queen Wilhelmina .
Web links
- Palast Noordeinde In: denhaag.com (German)
- Palast Noordeinde In: holland.com (German)
Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 51.3 " N , 4 ° 18 ′ 22.1" E