Marienburg Sugar Plantation
Plantage Mariënburg
Once Suriname's largest sugar cane plantation. A rusting steam sugar mill and a memorial to Javanese migrants recall the history of contract labour.
Marienburg was the largest sugar mill in Suriname during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The first Javanese contract labourers landed here in 1890, and the estate has a memorial to them. The sugar mill closed in 1986, leaving tall factory halls, chimneys, rusting steam engines and narrow-gauge railways, with an atmosphere of industrial ruin. A colonial-era manager's residence stands nearby. You can wander freely or ask a local to show you around. It is often combined with Peperpot and Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam as a day trip to Commewijne.
Opening hours
Open daytime
Nearby sights
- Plantation Frederiksdorp
- Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
- Suriname River Dolphin Cruise
- Peperpot Nature Park
- Garden of Palms
- Fort Zeelandia
- Presidential Palace of Suriname
- Independence Square