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The Wedde Castle is closely linked to the history of the Haselhoff family

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The Family Foundation conducts research into the origin and history of the name Haselhoff and into the family members who bear this name, spelled in different ways.

Through this website, but also through various publications, the foundation aims to provide family members, name bearers and other interested parties with information.

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Since 1989...

The Haselhoff Family Foundation was founded on May 31, 1989 and is registered with the Chamber of Commerce for the Northern Netherlands under number 41014958.

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Latest news

  • 06-02-2022 - The Family Foundation on Instagram

    The Haselhoff Family Foundation can also be found on Instagram from today. Here we will share stories, photos and research results. If you have Instagram, you can follow us. Click here!

  • 11-10-2021 - WANTED: Which Hazelhoff made this painting?

    Click here to view the painting...

  • 08-09-2021 - Video from 2013 can be viewed again

    On 3 May 2013, the unveiling of the triptych took place in the Burcht in Wedde, which can still be admired in the Haselhoff Society. The unveiling was performed by Karna Hazelhoff Roelfzema (Erik's daughter) and actor Matteo van der Grijn, who at the time played the role of Erik in the musical Soldaat van Oranje. Albert Hazelhoff speaks as spokesperson for our family foundation.

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Research

The research into the roots of the Haselhoff family is the basis for all other activities of the Family Foundation.

Research and publications

Family day

To promote contact between the Family Foundation and the donors and between family members themselves, the board regularly organizes a family day. The aim is to organize a family day every two years.


More information about the family days

Coat of arms, family and heir names

The two constituent parts 'hasel' and 'hof' are easy to explain at first glance. Hasel is the German word for hazel and hof is the synonym for yard or farm. However, the coat of arms on the tombstone of Derck Haselhoff in Wedde depicts a hare and not a hazel.

Coat of arms on the grave of Derck Haselhoff (1650).

Coat of arms and surnames

family archive


In the more than thirty years of the Family Foundation's existence, the family archive has expanded enormously, mainly thanks to contributions and donations from relatives and donors. Many meters of archive material, including hundreds of scanned and original photos, are stored at the secretariat of the Foundation. Some very valuable objects, donated by family members, are safely stored in a safe. Including a special pipe, a family bible from 1818 and eighteen different volumes of Hazelhoff's Almanac. A selection of these objects, photos and documents is exhibited during family days.

family archive

Private area for donors


A new part on our renewed website is the private page for donors. Here we offer, among other things, all issues of the HaselhoffBulletin that have been published since 1990. In addition, additional image and sound material and information about the family can be found, mostly from the archive of the Family Foundation.


If you are a donor, you have received a password for this page. If you also want to become a donor or have other questions, please contact the secretariat.

Download here - as a foretaste - an index on all HaselhoffBulletins Visit the private area! (password required)
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