When you walk through the Muurhuizen you imagine yourself in the Middle Ages. When the city started expanding as a result of the economic boom in 1380, a new city wall had to be built. The old wall was demolished and from around 1500 houses were built with the material from the old wall along the line where the city wall had stood. Because the construction of these houses took place in different periods, a great diversity of forms emerged.
Famous buildings in the Muurhuizen:
Museum Amersfoort: Museum Amersfoort is housed in three late-medieval walled houses, built around 1540. Over the centuries, the original dwellings have also been used for other purposes, such as a warehouse or even a military hospital.
Nieuwenburgh: this property at number 5-7, has a gable stone dating back to 1645, depicting the house as it must have looked at the time.
The Bollenburgh:...
When you walk through the Muurhuizen you imagine yourself in the Middle Ages. When the city started expanding as a result of the economic boom in 1380, a new city wall had to be built. The old wall was demolished and from around 1500 houses were built with the material from the old wall along the line where the city wall had stood. Because the construction of these houses took place in different periods, a great diversity of forms emerged.
Famous buildings in the Muurhuizen:
Museum Amersfoort: Museum Amersfoort is housed in three late-medieval walled houses, built around 1540. Over the centuries, the original dwellings have also been used for other purposes, such as a warehouse or even a military hospital.
Nieuwenburgh: this property at number 5-7, has a gable stone dating back to 1645, depicting the house as it must have looked at the time.
De Bollenburgh: the house where the Amersfoort-born state advocate Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547-1619) spent his childhood. Later, the house at number 19 served as the city's ribbon and spin house, a kind of workhouse for boys and girls.
House Tinnenburg: in the side facade you can see the incipients of the first city wall. This is where the water of the Heiligenbergerbeek flowed through the first city wall. After the 15th century, Tinnenburg at number 25 was mentioned as a merchant's house and what came later in this building, a cotton mill.
Plompe- or Dieventoren: this striking square tall building was part of the city's defences and city prison until the 19th century. The gateway is a faulty restoration from the 20th century. The Dieventoren at number 97 is also known as 'Latijntje', coming from the then demolished Latin School.
Het Secretarishuisje: the house at number 109 takes its name from city secretary Mr Jan Both Hendriksen, who had the building extensively remodelled in 1776.