Fort benoorden Purmerend
The "Fort benoorden Purmerend (Fort north of Purmerend)", model B, was built in 1886-1912 as part of the Stelling van Amsterdam (Defence Line of Amsterdam, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
The fort was mobilized both in 1914-1918 and in 1940. After World War II, collaborators were imprisoned here.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Arjo Eijgelsheim
Nearby
Monument
- War Memorial Purmerend - Purmerend
- War Memorial Zuidoostbeemster - Zuidoostbeemster
- Resistance Memorial Middenbeemster - Middenbeemster
Cemetery
- Dutch War Grave Old Municipal Cemetery Purmerend - Purmerend
- Dutch War Graves Municipal Cemetery Middenbeemster - Middenbeemster
- Dutch War Graves Purmerend New Communal Cemetery - Purmerend
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones Thorbeckekade 12 - Purmerend
- Stumbling Stone Wolthuissingel 1 - Purmerend
- Stumbling Stones Grote Kerkstraat 10 - Edam
Fortification
- Fort aan de Nekkerweg - Zuidoostbeemster
- Fort aan de Middenweg - Zuidoostbeemster
- Fort aan de Jisperweg - Westbeemster
Crash site
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