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            "Huis Verwolde", te Laren, The Netherlands

Huis Verwolde is a classicist nobleman's house from 1776 on the estate of the same name in the former municipality of Verwolde, northeast of Laren. Verwolde belongs since 1854 to Laren, which since 1971 belongs to the municipality of Lochem in the Dutch province of Gelderland. Despite the corner tower it is not a castle, but more a stately country house. It is one of the former recognized manors of the Kwartier Zutphen.

History
The earliest written record dates back to 1346 when Derck II van Keppel is the owner of Verwolde. In that year, Varenwolde was split off from Keppel by brotherhood, while it remained a loan from the Heeren van Keppel. Probably Verwolde was founded in the 12th century by one of the Lords of Keppel as a hunting lodge because of the wild environment. In 1182 Wolter I van Keppel is mentioned in connection with Verwolde. Derck III had his own fortified house built on the property.

Around 1500, the castle became involved in the political battle between the Heeckerens and Bronckhorsten, with Derck IV supporting the Heeckerens. In 1505, Duke Charles of Gelre took castle Verwolde because Derck IV of Keppel and Verwolde had broken the oath of allegiance to the Duke. Karel used the castle as a defense fortress on the border with the Oversticht, and placed a rhythm master with twenty men on the house. He had it thoroughly reinforced to a castle with canals and piles planted with thorn bushes. In 1510 it was attacked by the bishop of Utrecht Frederik van Baden with an army of 1600 horsemen and 300 foot soldiers, where the castle was demolished, the threefold canals were filled up and the walls were demolished.

In the 16th century a new house was built under the Van Keppels. In 1546 the Van Keppel van Verwolde family died in male line. Verwolde entrusted to the only daughter of Frederik van Keppel, Cunegonde van Keppel, who was married to Alart (de Cocq) van Haaften. The new castle was occupied by the Spaniards during the Eighty Years' War in 1583. A drawing from 1600 of the damaged complex shows that it consisted of a rectangular core surrounded by a polygonal ring wall with wall towers. Archaeological research from 2003 confirmed that the castle had a rectangular head castle of 34 by 37.5 meters, with a weather wall and a gatehouse, surrounded by two canals. Furthermore, there were a front castle of 17 by 35 meters and a few small buildings. The whole was moated with a third canal. In 1658 it came into the possession of the Ripperda family.

On May 30, 1738, Evert Jan Benjamin of Goltstein is leased - Verwolde was a loan from Keppel - with the 'house', which then was probably only a simple farmhouse, and a third of the glory Verwolde. He bought the house for his daughter Reiniera Charlotta from Goltstein and son-in-law Allard Philip van der Borch who was loaned on July 4, 1738. Van der Borch needed to be able to be published in the Knighthood of Zutphen. In 1772, his son and heir, Frederik Wilhelm van der Borch, bought the remaining two thirds of the glory of Assueer Jan Torck (1733-1793), Lord of Rosendael. Thus the glory came again in one hand.

Various renovations took place in the following centuries. In 1775, the then owner of the Verwolde glory, Frederik Willem van der Borch, decided to build a new house. The architect Philip Willem Schonck carried out this assignment in nine months. Schonck also designed the gardens for the estate. In 1926, the owner, Line baroness van der Borch of Verwolde-Voûte, lady of Verwolde (1887-1966), built a large corner tower, which gave the house a castle-like appearance. Also that year the house was completely modernized to the latest requirements of that time. During the Second World War, the baroness of the Hague Sanatorium was set up in the building in order to avoid occupation by the occupiers.

Museum
The house was sold to the Geldersche Kasteelen Foundation in 1977 by Allard Baron van der Borch of Verwolde (1926-2008). The former owner moved that same year to the hunter's house on the estate. Nowadays the youngest daughter Julie Baroness van der Borch of Verwolde lives with her husband Gijs Baron van Heemstra and their two children at the hunting lodge. She was 12 years old when she moved to the hunting lodge with her parents and is since 2011? back again. 

After restoration of, among other things, the precious wallpaper in the Chinese room, the house has been in good condition since April 2012. The Geldersche Kasteelen Foundation has made the castle accessible to the public and has given it a museum function. 

The garden and the forest of the estate are open to walkers. The rest is privately owned. By means of colored poles various routes have been set out that lead past monumental farms. A walk along the "Dikkeboompad" leads past the Dikke Boom, an ancient oak tree.

Taken on: June 7, 2023

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