Coendersborg
The Coendersborg originated from the three ‘heerden’ (farmsteads) Fossema, Harckema and Heringa. The farmsteads eventually came into the possession of Ludolf Coender, a councillor in Groningen, in 1668.
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He had the Fossemaheerd converted into a manor house. The house was owned by the Teyens family from 1699 to 1866. They had the current manor house built in 1813. Near the manor lies ’t Pad: an old path between Marum and Tolbert that dates back to the Middle Ages. It is one of the oldest paths in the Netherlands. The Coendersborg was sold to the Het Groninger Landschap foundation in 1956. The manor itself is not open to the public, but the woodland behind it is accessible to visitors. There is also a museum housed in the manor’s barn, displaying old agricultural tools: ’t Rieuw.