Swieten Castle
The Swieten Castle ( Dutch Kasteel Swieten ), also Huis te Zwieten , is the name of a former castle that was in the southern Dutch town of Zoeterwoude near the city of Leiden .
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The rectangular moated castle Kasteel Swieten was first mentioned in 1312. In 1321 Swieten was first reported as a fiefdom of the Heeren van S (Z) wieten , which was first with heer Dirk van Zwieten , who in 1345 together with Count Wilhelm IV of Holland in the Battle of Staveren in Friesland died. In 1359, the new Count Albrecht I of Bavaria-Holland gave the order to have the castle razed due to neglect of feudal duties; but this did not materialize. In the wake of the hook-and-cod war there was heavy fighting for the city of Leiden, with the Swieten Castle also being affected and ultimately looted.
In the 15th century the feudal sovereignty changed from the Counts of Holland to the House of Borsselen and then to the House of Van Zuylen van Nijevelt . In 1573 the castle was drawn into fighting again during the siege of Leiden. In 1602 the Heeren van Swieten sold the castle and the glory to Hugo van Mierop, heer van Calslagen . His children sold the castle in 1632 to the Amsterdam regent Cornelis Bicker , who then called himself Bicker van Swieten . In 1717, the last construction phase ended with the complete building of the castle grounds. This branch of the Bicker family died out in 1755. Their successor as Vrijheer von Swieten was Apollonius Jan Cornelis Lampsins , who sold Swieten to Jan Danser Nijman in 1777. Between the years 1795 and 1805 the castle was razed. In 1975 the main office of the Heineken brewery was built on the former castle grounds .
Web links
- Het verdwenen Kasteel Swieten In: mathieuinwonderland.nl (Dutch)
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 14.2 " N , 4 ° 32 ′ 19.5" E