Fort Bourtange
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Eighty Years' War, Third Anglo-Dutch War |
Fort Bourtange (
Eighty Years' War
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After experiencing its final battle in 1672, the fort continued to serve in the defensive network on the German border until it was finally given up in 1851 and converted into a village. Fort Bourtange currently serves as a historical museum.
History
At the start of the
moats. Soon after its construction, Spanish forces from Groningen besieged it, though the attack ended in failure.[1]
Fort Bourtange faced another siege in 1672 against invading forces of
marshes and the time-tested fortifications, the invading army was repelled successfully.[2]
After its conversion into a village in 1851, living conditions began to deteriorate. Over 100 years later in 1960, the local government decided to stop the decline by restoring the old fort to its 1740–50 appearance and converting into a historical museum.
Gallery
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Aerial view -
Bourtange fortification -
Bourtange, Atlas van Loon 1649 -
Plan of Bourtange, 1742 -
Centre of the village -
Windmill at Bourtange -
Church at Bourtange -
The former synagogue (now a museum) -
pike drill and musket firing
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cannon loading and firing
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Footnotes
References
- George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower and several others, A Universal History, From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Vol. 45, 1779 [1]
External links
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