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Huys ten Donck (Ridderkerk, The Netherlands)

Huys ten Donck is located between the villages Bolnes and Slikkerveer in the municipality of Ridderkerk and surrounded by a 22 hectare park in the style of an English landscape, called the Donckse Bos. On the estate there is also a coach house (Het Koetshuis), wood shed (Houtloods), a tiend house (Het Tiendgebouw), an event terrain (Het Voorterrein) and a private port ‘Het Donckse Haventje’ by the river Maas.

Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, The Netherlands

Luchtfoto Huys ten Donck (Ridderkerk, Nederland)
Aerial View of Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands

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Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, Niederlande

Het Huys ten Donck (Ridderkerk, Nederland)
Het Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, The Netherlands

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Huys ten Donck en Ridderkerk, Holanda

Achterzijde van Huys ten Donck (Ridderkerk, Nederland)
Back of Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, The Netherlands

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Huys ten Donck à Ridderkerk, Pays-Bas

Toegangspoort van Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, Nederland
Entrance Gate of Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, The Netherlands

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The country estate has been in the possession of the Zoelen family since 1676. There was a small castle dating from 1616. In 1702 Catharina van Zoelen married Cornelis Groeninx, and so the genus Groeninx van Zoelen was born.

Huys ten Donck w Ridderkerk, Holandia

Zittende Leeuw met Wapen van Rotterdam bij het Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, Nederland
Seated Lion with Weapon of Rotterdam at the Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, The Netherlands

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Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, Hollanda

Geschiedenis van Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, Nederland
History of Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, The Netherlands

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In 1746, on the foundations of the former castle, a new house in Louis XIV style was built by order of the mayor of Rotterdam and Mr. Ridderkerk, Mr. Otto Groeninx van Zoelen (1704-1758). This was called the Huys ten Donck.

Huys ten Donck u Ridderkerk, Nizozemska

Zicht op Huys ten Donck vanaf het Donckse Bos (Ridderkerk, Nederland)
View of Huys ten Donck from the Donckse Bos (Ridderkerk, The Netherlands)

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Huys ten Donck di Ridderkerk, Belanda

Ruïne bij het Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, Nederland
Ruin near the Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, The Netherlands

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Huys ten Donck em Ridderkerk, Países Baixos

Voorkant van het Huys ten Donck (Ridderkerk, Nederland)
Front of the Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, The Netherlands

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Huys ten Donck a Ridderkerk, Hollandia

Statue of Hercules and Antaeus in the garden of Huys ten Donck (Ridderkerk, the Netherlands)
Statue of Hercules and Antaeus in the garden of Huys ten Donck in Ridderkerk, The Netherlands

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