Nederland - Heiloo, Nijenburg

Eighteenth-century Nijenburg, located between Alkmaar and Heiloo, is a manor in the woods of Heiloo and surrounded by typical Dutch meadows. Since 1928 the estate is owned by the Dutch nature preservation organisation ’Natuurmonumenten’. Manor and carriage house are transferred to the ‘Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser’.

The estate is located on an elevation of the former shoreline of the North Sea. The surrounding grasslands - due to excavations - are a lot lower.

Nijenburg estate was owned for centuries by the families ‘Van Egmond van de Nijenburg’ and ‘Van Foreest’. In the year of 1705 ‘Gerard van Egmond van de Nijenburg’ built the current manor in the classic Dutch style with plain brick facades, using the remains of an older building on this site.In the 19th century the building became its white plaster. Since then the house has the romantic look of a rural location in the green.