Zuylenburg Castle

The 'Langbroekerwetering' is a watercourse that flows from Driebergen till Overlangbroek in the province of Utrecht. Over the whole length of it lie a lot of castles. It starts with Sterkenburg in Driebergen, then follow Leeuwenburgh, Molenstein, Weerdesteyn, Hindersteyn, Lunenburg, Walenburg, Sandenburg, the gate-house of the disappeared Groenesteyn and finally ends with Zuylenburg in Overlangbroek.
The last one is a very simple living tower, build in the fourteenth century. In the fifteenth or sixteenth century a new wing was build to the house, and they highed up the old house. Later they removed the new wing again.

Zuylenburg Castle hidden behind the green.

It was in this house that in 1527 the lord of the house, cought a soldier on fishing in the moat. The soldier was shot as a punishment for this crime. His friends decided to revenge his death by storming the house and kill the lord. His unhappy ghost haunts the house, till he finds someone who can forgive him.

The Langbroekerwetering flows in front of the medieval house.