Ennemaborg

The Ennemaborg, formerly also Ennemaborgh, is a borg or country estate in Midwolda. The building dates from the beginning of the 18th century, but had a predecessor from around 1600.

In the Oldambt noble privileges are absent, because the city of Groningen gained control of this area early on. Nevertheless the members of the Hora family, who lived in the borg, played a leading role in village life. In the 19th century the Ennemaborg became a peat-reclamation enterprise; one could then speak of a peat borg.

Behind the borg lies the Midwolderbos, a reconstructed park in baroque style with adjoining woodland parcels 2.5 kilometres long and 300 metres wide. The borg together with the wood has been the property of the Het Groninger Landschap foundation since 1965. In front of the borg lies a lawn of stinzen plants (börgbloumkes) such as early crocuses, yellow star-of-Bethlehem, snowdrops, striped squill and winter aconites. The pleached lime trees in front of the coach house were replanted in the 1980s. Behind the borg lies a pond, formerly perhaps part of the old moat. In the wood there is also an old heron colony.

Since 1992 the borg was inhabited by the visual artist Maya Wildevuur (1944-2023), who also had her studio and gallery here. After her death the building was let again as a dwelling. The coach house - restored in 1969 - long housed a catering business, but now offers space to a visitor centre of Het Groninger Landschap.

Machine-translated from “Ennemaborg” on the Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ennemaborg ranks #6,542 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #108 of the 201 mapped in Netherlands. Founded c. 1750, it is older than 17% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Zwolle, 96 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.

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