Merkerken Mansion

The Merkerken Mansion is a building of the XVIII century. It is located in the province of South Holland, on a small island in the village of Mijnsheerenland. The gate of the mansion is made in the style of Louis XVI. Since 2007, the building is privately owned, but as an architectural monument it is under state protection.

The beginning of the history of this house goes back to 1445, when the Flemish knight Ludwig van Praet became the owner of land in these places and began to build a manor. The built house after some time burned down and was restored in the XVII century, and already in the XVIII at the time gained its finished classical look. During the Second World War, a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients was placed in the mansion.