Liauckama State

The Liauckamastate or Liauckama State (sometimes spelled as Liauckemastate or Liauckema State) is a former stins near the Dutch village of Sexbierum, Friesland. It was one of Friesland's biggest estates and was inhabited by members of the Liauckama family. Of the old stins, only the gatehouse, farmhouse, and day labourer's house still stand.

The stins is known for the Pipenpoyse bruiloft, a series of paintings that were moved to a safe haven as part of a large collection before the castle was demolished in 1824. The history of the estate and its residents could be partly reconstructed on the basis of this collection, which was transferred to the Fries Museum by the Van Grotenhuis family, descendants of the Liauckama family, in 1963.

Text adapted from “Liauckamastate” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Liauckama State ranks #6,539 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #134 of the 200 mapped in Netherlands. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Zwolle, 89 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.

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