Castle Zwijnsbergen Helvoirt

The Van Gogh family has contact in Helvoirt with the noble family De Jonge van Zwijnsbergen, a prominent family closely involved with the Protestant community. Joan de Jonge van Zwijnsbergen (1821-1881) lives in Zwijnsbergen Castle, which has evolved from a farming estate since the late Middle Ages into a castle in the eighteenth century. He is a member of the church council as an elder and churchwarden, where Theodorus is the chairman. His family will own the notable estate until 1905. The estate consists of a house, gardener's cottage, farm with outbuildings, park, and an additional estate. In 2001, a fire largely reduced the building to ashes, after which it was restored to its former glory.

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