Château Neercanne (also known as Agimont or kasteel Neercanne) is a restaurant located in Maastricht in the Netherlands
Château Neercanne (also known as Agimont or kasteel Neercanne) is a restaurant located in Maastricht in the Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that is awarded one or two Michelin stars in the periods 1957-1982 and 1986–2018.
Building
The castle is located just north of the Belgian village of Kanne, south of Maastricht but still on Dutch territory.
It is built on a site that was already in use by the Romans. The caves, created by mining blocks to build the fortifications, still exist. They are now in use as the wine cellar of Neercanne.
In 1465 the castle was destroyed by the people of Liège during the Liège Wars. The outbuildings and the prominent corner tower were built in 1611, in the style of the Mosan Renaissance.
The main building was built in 1698 by Daniël Wolf van Dopff, lord of Neercanne, at that time the military governor of Maastricht. All present buildings are built from marl.
In the valley in front of the castle flows the river Jeker and is a baroque garden, reconstructed to the original design.
History Château Neercanne
Baron Daniël Wolf van Dopff, the Military Governor of Maastricht, originally built Château Neercanne in 1698. He used the castle as his country estate, regularly throwing fabulous receptions and feasts and it is believed that Tsar Peter the Great personally visited in 1717.
In 1747 Prince Karl August Friedrich of Waldeck, the Commander-in-Chief of the Dutch Army took up residence. A century later, it was owned by Baron de Cler and later inherited by Ignatius de Thier, who lobbied for the castle to remain Dutch territory when the borders were under discussion.
The last noble figure to own the property was the great granddaughter of Thier, Louise Euphrasine Maria Poswick, who sold the castle to Stichting Limburgs Landschap (The Limburg Landscape Foundation) in 1947. Having become dilapidated, it was restored and rented out to Brand Brewery Wijlre from 1955 where the first restaurant was established.
Camille Oostwegel took over the running of Château Neercanne in 1984 and has since undertaken a sensitive renovation of three of the four castle terraces, which now have UNESCO status. Its status as one of the best restaurants in The Netherlands was reinforced on 9 December 1991 when Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands held a celebratory lunch for government leaders from the European Union.
https://www.oostwegelcollection.nl/en/chateau-neercanne/themes/history-chateau-neercanne/
Free
- Baroque garden
- WC
- Panoramic views
info@neercanne.nl
- Private property (restaurant)
- Host of the annual European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF)