Boetselaersborg

Description

The "Boetselaersborg", also known as the "Drost Daemhuis", is a small castle located on the southern edge of #'sHeerenberg (Gelderland), the Netherlands. Built in 1550 by brothers Daem and Hector van den Bergh, illegitimate sons of Count Willem III van den Bergh and innkeeper Lyse Poer, the castle was later named after Willem Jacob van Boetselaer, who acquired it in 1620. Previously surrounded by a moat, Boetselaersborg is now part of the adjacent "Huis Bergh" castle.