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| subdivision_name2       = [[File:Flag of Lochem.svg|23px]] [[Lochem]]
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| subdivision_name3       = [[Exel, Netherlands|Exel]]
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'''Ampsen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɑmp.sə(n)}}) is an [[estate (land)|estate]], [[castle]], and [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the municipality of [[Lochem]] in the province of [[Gelderland]] in the [[Netherlands]]. Administratively, it is part of the village of [[Exel, Netherlands|Exel]].
==History==
In the year 1105, an 'Ulricus de Amsene' is mentioned as a witness in a spurious charter.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/osu/#page=0&accessor=toc&view=homePane |title=Oorkondenboek van Utrecht tot 1301 |pages=251–252 |publisher=[[Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands]] |location=Amsterdam |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref> From this mention one deduces that an Ampsen estate must have already existed at that time. There were two estates called Ampsen: {{lang|nl|[[:nl:Oud Ampsen|Ouden-Ampsen]]}} ('Old Ampsen') and {{lang|nl|Nieuwen-Ampsen}} ('New Ampsen'). Ouden-Ampsen was a [[fief]] of the [[Counts and dukes of Guelders|dukes of Guelders]] and has been mentioned as such in the fief registers of the [[Zutphen]] quarter since 1379. It was already a fortified house around that time because in 1389 its owner promised not to harm the Duke of Gelre and his subordinates from this house. Nieuwen-Ampsen was located next to Ouden-Ampsen and was an [[allod]]ial estate until it was also made a Guelders fief in 1650. Both Ampsen houses were destroyed during the [[Spanish Netherlands|Spanish period]] by the Spaniards in 1605.
[[:nl:Gerrit Jan van Nagell|Gerrit Jan van Nagell]] had the current house built around 1650. However, it is not known whether he chose a completely new place for this, or whether he used the location of the old house.
Shortly after 1754, the house was expanded by [[:nl:Johan Herman Sigismund van Nagell|Johan Herman Sigismund van Nagell]]: a new wing was added to the right of the L-shaped building, creating a U-shape. The castle [[moat]] around the house was filled in.
Today there is a farm with that name and a partly moated castle island near the spot where Oud-Ampsen once stood, but between this farm and the current castle, there is another Nieuwen-Ampsen farm. The castle and estate are still privately owned today.
==Gallery==
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Ampsen-achter.jpg|Castle from the middle of the estate
Ampsen bouwhuis nw.jpg|Northwestern part of the castle
Ampsen bouwhuiz zo.jpg|Southeastern part of the castle
Overzicht Groene Kamer van Huis Ampsen - Lochem - 20409570 - RCE.jpg|'Green Room', interior
</gallery>
==References==
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==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
*{{Cite book |title=Eens bolwerk van de adel: kastelen en landhuizen in de Achterhoek en Liemers |last1=Harenberg |first1=J. |last2=Thomassen |first2=J. |ISBN=
9789064697487 |year=1999 |language=nl |publisher=Canaletto/Repro Holland |location=Alphen aan de Rijn}}
{{refend}}
==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Ampsen}}
{{Dutch municipality Lochem}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]
[[Category:Lochem]]
[[Category:Castles in Gelderland]]