Kersbergen Castle

Kersbergen (also: Kersberch, Karsbergen, Carsbergen) was a knight's court town in the province of Utrecht in the Overkwartier, near Zeist. Presumably founded as a hunting lodge for the Utrecht bishops, it was early in the possession of the House of Renesse. The first mention of the house is in a deed dated May 18, 1417, in which Voern van Kersberch "acknowledges" the piece of land and the farm. A year later, on July 17, 1418, the Kersberch house and homestead were transferred in free ownership to Mr Johan van Renesse van Rhijnauwen by Loef van den Gheyne.