The Huis te Manpad, Heemstede

Heemstede

Heemstede is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-History :Heemstede formed around the Castle Heemstede that was built on the Spaarne River around 1286. Before 1296, Floris V, Count of Holland, granted Heemstede as a fiefdom to Reinier of Holy...

 is an historical villa and former summer home of Jacob van Lennep

Jacob van Lennep

Jacob van Lennep was a Dutch poet and novelist.-Early years:He was born in Amsterdam, where his father, David Jacob van Lennep , a scholar and poet, was professor of eloquence and the classical languages in the Atheneum...

, bordered by the Leidsevaart

Leidsevaart

The Leidsevaart is a canal between the cities of Haarlem and Leiden in the Netherlands. It was dug in 1657, making it one of the oldest canals in the Netherlands. It was the major means of transport between Leiden and Haarlem for almost two centuries until the rail connection was established in...

, the Manpadslaan, and the Herenweg. It neighbors the estate of Hartekamp

Hartekamp

Hartekamp, or Hartecamp, is the name of a villa in Heemstede, the Netherlands, on the Bennebroek border. It was once the summer home of George Clifford, who employed Linnaeus in 1737 to write his Hortus Cliffortianus, a detailed description of the gardens of Hartecamp.-History:The house was built...

, famed for the gardens described by Linnaeus. Both estates still have trees and other flora dating from that period.

The Haarlem archives have material about the estate dating back to 1558. The current main building dates from 1630. It was restored in 1720 when the gardens received an overhaul (the same Arcadia gardening period in the Haarlem area that drew Linnaeus to Hartekamp). In 1767 the villa came into the possession of the van Lennep family, who owned it up to 1953. In 1954/5 it was again restored by Monumentenzorg

Monumentenzorg

Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed , often abbreviated as Cultureel Erfgoed, is a Dutch heritage organisation working for the protection and conservation of National Heritage Sites. It is located in Amersfoort.- Responsibilities :...

. Thanks to the loving care of the van Lennep's, the gardens were almost intact in the form they had been in Linnaeus's day, and are currently being restored.

The most recent private owner, Jan Visser, gave it to the Stichting Huis te Manpad on his death.

In 1817 the then owner of the estate, David Jacob van Lennep, placed a monument at the corner of his property commemorating two battles that supposedly took place there.

The house and gardens are not open to the public. During spring and summer months weekly tours are available.

Literature

• Joustra, Barbara: Het Huis te Manpad. Huis, park en bewoners door de eeuwen heen; met medewerking van Mieke T. Wilmink-Van Harmelen & Henrick S. van Lennep. Alphen a/d Rijn, 2003. ISBN 90-6469-790-6. Geïll. 172 p. Tweede druk 2004.
• van Lennep, Jacob
  Jacob van Lennep
  Jacob van Lennep was a Dutch poet and novelist.-Early years:He was born in Amsterdam, where his father, David Jacob van Lennep , a scholar and poet, was professor of eloquence and the classical languages in the Atheneum...
  
  : De Roos van Dekama

See also

• De Naald: monument at the corner of the property placed by D.J. van Lennep in 1817

External links

Website Huis te Manpad Site about villas in the Netherlands Website about castles in North Holland