Fort bij Velsen
The "Fort bij Velsen (Fort at Velsen)", model A, was completed in 1899 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.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
Nearby
Museum
- Air War Museum Icarus et Mars 1940-1945 - Assendelft
- Air War Museum Fortress Veldhuis - Heemskerk
- Atlantikwall Weapons & Ammunition Museum - IJmuiden - Velsen
Point of interest
- Clock Siemens-Martin Steel Factory - Velsen-Noord
- Former Royal Blast Furnaces (Tata Steel) and Monument - Velsen-Noord
- Ruins of Brederode Castle Santpoort-Zuid - Santpoort-Zuid
Monument
- Memorial Raid Beverwijk - Beverwijk
- Memorial Stone Raid April 16, 1944 - Beverwijk
- War Memorial Beverwijk - Beverwijk
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves Cemetery Westerveld Driehuis - Driehuis
- Commonwealth War Graves Driehuis Westerveld - Driehuis
- Cemetery & Crematorium Westerveld - Driehuis
Remembrance Stone
- Memorial Stone Geelvinckstraat 107 - Velsen-Noord
- Memorial Stone Geelvinckstraat 82 - Velsen-Noord
- Memorial Stone Ladderbeekstraat 85 - Velsen-Noord
Fortification
- Atlantikwall - Regelbau 621 - Driehuis
- Fort Zuidwijkermeer - Assendelft
- Fort aan de St. Aagtendijk - Beverwijk
Crash site
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