Pond of Meezenbroek

Meezenbroek is one of the most water-rich areas of Heerlen. Three ponds counts the district. The water quality was not good the last decades more. In the autumn of 2011 we started the renovation of the ponds. The old mud layer is replaced by a new fertile soil in which plants can grow and fish can hide from their natural enemy, the Cormorant better. Finally, all banks restored and planted with reeds. There are seating areas added (also wheelchair friendly) and there is a water pump for water fun on hot days.
Since the spring of 2012 we can enjoy this beautiful green spot in Meezenbroek.

On the picture you see the Castle of Meezenbroek
The castle Meezenbroek was a fief of the archdiocese of Cologne. Parts of the estate were borrowing Schinnen and Valkenburg. In 1371 moisture knight Scheyffert of Meysenbroeck participated in Brabant side in the battle of Baesweiler. He was probably the owner of Castle Meezenbroek. In 1478 the family Von Holtzen owned the castle. Moments later gets the Castle Mees van den Broek patrician Noble Bant from Aachen half the estate owned. Catherine of Noble Bant marries Henry of Tzievel to Puth. The latter is able to acquire. The missing part of Meezenbroek in 1579 In 1650 sells their descendant Johan Charles, Baron Dobbelstein, the castle to Jan and Daniel Buirette from Aachen. This family shows in 1660 the contract for the current gatehouse of the castle. Their arms sculpted above the entrance. In 1670 because of Daniel's daughter Anna the estate owned by the family Vignon. William Daniel Vignon was mayor of Maastricht. The latter gave the Maastricht architect Soiron (1748-1834) ordered the construction of a country house. After his death in 1789 the castle is owned by his brother Jan Willem Hero Four ships of Maastricht and lieutenant bailiff of State Valkenburg. The latter dies at the castle in 1819. In the 19th century manor house and farm owned by different owners were. In 1935 the mansion was demolished. The castle was sold out Schaesberg by Erens family to the city of Heerlen. Part of the farm is now used as a restaurant Buirette. The mansion was demolished in 1935 consisted of a no longer moated, brick-built block-shaped housing. Above the basement were two storeys and an attic under a hipped roof. The castle was surrounded by a moat. The most eye-catching part is the gateway, the only original part of the farm has been preserved. The rest of the farm was demolished in the seventies of the 20th century. Only the stable wings on both sides of the gate building was reconstructed for the purposes of the restaurant in 1978.