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Casa Mia Sittard

History
The smallest castle in the Netherlands is located in the center of Sittard. The former coach house Casa Mia, currently furnished as a house with Bed & Breakfast, is located in the Parklaan, formerly called Den Diek. This street was once the birthplace of Sittard's most famous resident Toon Hermans. Casa Mia has a rich history and is a municipal monument.

The miniature castle Casa Mia, a neo-Gothic castle-like structure on the (now covered) Geleenbeek, was built in 1903 by wine merchant Joseph Nicolas Rutten in his garden for his 2nd wife Anna Henriette Janssen. He has his business in the large building located around the corner on the Voorstad. The neo-Gothic turrets, the battlements and the wooden gate evoke memories of the medieval Limbrichterpoort. The open Geleenbeek used to run in front of the castle, so there was a bridge to the wooden gate. After his death in 1910, his widow married a real French count Géraud Anne Maria Louis Jules De Rocheouart de la Rochejaquelin, so that the castle has been inhabited from then on by a noble family. From 1927, Prince Hendrik, the husband of Queen Wilhelmina, regularly stays with the countess as a guest. In 1938, after a major renovation, the castle was made suitable as a residence with office space. In 1965 the Geleenbeek was overvaulted and the canal disappeared. There are serious plans to reopen it soon. Since 2017 we, Rob and Marja, are the proud owners of this unique property. We have transformed the outdated Casa Mia into a mini castle where history, comfort and tranquility merge.
Sittard
The city of Toon Hermans is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands and has a glorious past. In the year 1243 Sittard already received city rights, this year 775 years ago. From 1400 it is owned by the Dukes of Jülich (Jülich). From 1798 to 1814 it is part of the French Empire, as part of the Department of the Roer, with Aachen as its capital. In 1814 the Cossacks came to liberate the inhabitants of Sittard and in 1815 Sittard became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as the last city. Still, it took a long time before the inhabitants really felt Dutch, because in 1830 Sittard was one of the first cities where Belgian independence was proclaimed and in 1848 many inhabitants campaigned in vain for rejoining Germany. In 1918, when the Belgians reclaim Dutch Limburg, the people of Sittard are now fully integrated into the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The city center has been a protected cityscape since 1972.

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