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Gooilust
is
the
southernmost
country
estate
in
's-Graveland.
The
estate
has
an
area
of
97
hectares
and
has
been
owned
by
the
Vereniging
Natuurmonumenten
since
1934.
It
is
located
on
the
Zuidereinde,
and
the
east
side
borders
the
Corversbos
in
Hilversum.
On
7
June
1634,
27
lots
in
's-Graveland
are
raffled
among
six
interested
parties.
Some
interested
parties
buy
several
lots,
some
share
a
lot.
The
lots
are
numbered
on
the
map
from
north
to
south.
Gooilust
is
located
on
lot
22.
East
of
this
row
of
estates,
a
lot
of
sand
was
excavated
at
that
time,
a
small
part
is
used
to
raise
the
estates,
especially
where
the
houses
will
be,
the
rest
is
taken
to
Amsterdam
and
is
used
for
the
expansion
of
the
city.
Between
the
excavations
and
the
estates
are
the
Noksloot
and0
the
's-Gravelandsevaart
to
ensure
good
drainage
of
the
's-Gravelandsepolder.
Lot
22
goes
to
Pieter
Cornelisz.
Hooft
and
Godert
van
Reede
in
1634
who
buy
the
piece
of
land
as
an
investment
because
of
the
sand
excavations.
Hooft
and
his
wife
Leonora
Hellemans
live
at
Muiderslot,
the
van
Reede
family
lives
at
Amerongen
Castle.
In
1657
Jacob
Bicker,
lord
of
Engelenburg,
is
the
owner
and
has
a
farm,
possibly
as
a
country
residence.
Fifty
years
later,
Mattheus
de
Vicq
is
named
as
the
owner.
In
1726
Jacob
van
Strijen
Quirijnsz.
buys
lot
22
and
calls
the
homestead
'Rondombedrogen'.
He
sells
it
in
1741
to
Daniel
Deutz,
who
changes
the
name
to
Gooilust.
He
lives
there
until
1762.
In
1762
the
Mennonite
merchant
Gijsbert
Antwerpen
Verbrugge
van
Freyhoff
became
the
owner
of
the
homestead.
In
1771
he
buys
the
adjacent
lot
21
from
Jacob
Roeter,
owner
of
Trompenburgh
(lot
20).
It
is
an
agricultural
piece
of
land.
Around
1779,
mr.
Gerrit
Corver
Hooft,
director
of
the
WIC
and
commissioner
of
Amsterdam,
had
the
current
house
on
Gooilust
built
on
the
boundary
separation
of
plots
21
and
22.
Between
1778
and
1786
a
spacious
geometric
garden
was
laid
out
around
it.
The
main
axis
of
this
is
the
avenue
to
the
house.
There
will
also
be
a
beautiful
star
forest.
In
1786,
Corver
Hooft
buys
plot
23,
on
which
the
homestead
'Bouwzicht'
is
located.
Fashion
changes
and
between
1816
and
1828
landscape
gardener
Jan
David
Zocher
Jr.
changes
the
geometric
garden
into
a
park
with
an
English
landscape
style.
Between
1895
and
1936
Gooilust
gets
an
arboretum
with
exotic
plants
and
trees.
Owner
at
that
time
is
Louise
Digna
Catharina
Six
(1862
-
1934),
who
lives
there
with
her
husband
Frans
Ernst
Blaauw
(1860
-
1936).
She
leaves
her
estate
in
1934
to
the
Vereniging
tot
Behoud
van
Natuurmonumenten.
Gooilust
is
also
often
referred
to
as
the
'Bos
van
Blaauw'.
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