Beekhuizen is a former estate in the municipality of Rheden in the Dutch province of Gelderland. Now half of the estate is included in Veluwezoom National Park and the other half (164 ha) is owned by the municipality of Rheden. It consists of varied and strong hilly deciduous and coniferous forests with many beech lanes, a pine forest and some farmland. In the middle of the estate, just within the National Park, lies the park-like valley of the Beekhuizensebeek with sprints, waterfalls and ponds. Within the municipal property are the Emmapiramide and a sports field complex.
The estate Beekhuizen was bought in 1682 by Mr. van Kasteel Biljoen, Alexander van Spaen, and joined Biljoen. Among his descendants Johan Frederik Willem (1746-1827), Beekhuizen acquired international allure through the recently renovated romantic park plant. The hilly Beekhuizen had to become an arcadal landscape, allowing man to determine his mood as a wandering shepherd. The construction of the landscape park at Beekhuizen began around 1777. Van Spaen inspired, among other things, trips he traveled to Italy, France and Switzerland. The park was accessible to the public in 1790. In the park, various poetry and poems of poet and landscape philosopher Jacques Delille (1738-1813) were found, including in the Salon and on stones. Beekhuizen was one of the first places in the Netherlands where a change in nature experience became apparent.
The Beekhuizen building was built in Swiss chalet style on the estate in the 19th century along Beekhuizensebeek. There were several well-known people, including Queen Mother Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont and Closest-Dominican Francois Haverschmidt who stayed here in the summer of 1870 and wrote the close-up Souvenir Beekhuizen. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1980. There are plans for rebuilding. 52° 0′ 58″ NB, 5° 59′ 27″ OL
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