Het kasteel heeft een interessante geschiedenis Leuke dame, die tante Jet
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The most famous period of Meerwijk Castle was when it was the Brothel of Aunt Jet (Tante Jet). Jeanne Ackermans (1928-2004) was married to Willie van de Liefvoort (?-2003). Together they ran some bars in 's-Hertogenbosch, with her being a bartender. After 25 years of marriage they divorced in 1972, and then Aunt Jet hired Meerwijk Castle. There she primarily received customers interested in hashish. She also started to organize a line to smuggle drugs from Morocco. In the night life of 's-Hertogenbosch she recruited people to transport the hashish, but by 1974 8 people working for her were rotting in Spanish jails. That year she was caught with 12 kg in her car, but in the Netherlands this only led to a few months in jail.
In jail Aunt Jet acquainted some prostitutes and conceived the plan to found a luxury brothel in Meerwijk Castle. It became an over the top success, with a 500 guilder entrance fee. Fats Domino, Bill Haley & His Comets and Roy Orbison all performed at Meerwijk Castle. The pornographic movie Brabantse nachten zijn nat (Brabant nights are wet) was recorded at the castle. In the 1990s the brothel was closed due to new legislation.
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