Huis Bergh
The building history of the castle dates back to the year 1250. Parts of the house date from the 14th, 15th and 17th centuries. In the initial phase of the Eighty Years' War Huis Bergh suffered a lot from war violence. In 1735 the whole burned down, after which it was rebuilt until 1746 by Gerrit Ravenschot from Zutphen. During the Dutch Mission between the years 1799 and 1842, a seminary was established in Huis Bergh. The castle and all its belongings came into the property of Jan Herman van Heek, an industrialist from Enschede, in 1912, with the aim of preserving it as a monument.
In 1939 a large part of the house was destroyed by fire for the second time. Much of the inventory could be saved thanks to the help of the local population. In the same year, reconstruction began, which could already be completed in the autumn of 1941. In 1946 Van Heek transferred Huis Bergh to the Foundation for the Preservation of Property and Rights of Huis Bergh. Huis Bergh became the permanent residence of the Van Heek family and he housed his art collection there, including the F.W. Mengelberg which he had acquired in 1919 and many early Italian works.
Vanaf 1965 was Huis Bergh met rondleidingen gedeeltelijk te bezichtigen voor publiek. In 1966 trouwde zoon Jan van Heek met Irmela Töwe en bewoonden het kasteel. Vanaf 1988 werd de Italiaanse kamer met haar Italiaanse kunst opengesteld voor publiek. De collectie wordt naast de Italiaanse kamer geëxposeerd in de Antoniuszaal, en de troonzaal van het kasteel.
Huis Bergh
The building history of the castle dates back to the year 1250. Parts of the house date from the 14th, 15th and 17th centuries. In the initial phase of the Eighty Years' War Huis Bergh suffered a lot from war violence. In 1735 the whole burned down, after which it was rebuilt until 1746 by Gerrit Ravenschot from Zutphen. During the Dutch Mission between the years 1799 and 1842, a seminary was established in Huis Bergh. The castle and all its belongings came into the property of Jan Herman van Heek, an industrialist from Enschede, in 1912, with the aim of preserving it as a monument.
In 1939 a large part of the house was destroyed by fire for the second time. Much of the inventory could be saved thanks to the help of the local population. In the same year, reconstruction began, which could already be completed in the autumn of 1941. In 1946 Van Heek transferred Huis Bergh to the Foundation for the Preservation of Property and Rights of Huis Bergh. Huis Bergh became the permanent residence of the Van Heek family and he housed his art collection there, including the F.W. Mengelberg which he had acquired in 1919 and many early Italian works.
Vanaf 1965 was Huis Bergh met rondleidingen gedeeltelijk te bezichtigen voor publiek. In 1966 trouwde zoon Jan van Heek met Irmela Töwe en bewoonden het kasteel. Vanaf 1988 werd de Italiaanse kamer met haar Italiaanse kunst opengesteld voor publiek. De collectie wordt naast de Italiaanse kamer geëxposeerd in de Antoniuszaal, en de troonzaal van het kasteel.