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Fort Plassendale
Fort Plassendale
Map of Plassendale in the 'Stedenboek' (book of cities) by Frederik de Wit (1698)
LocationOudenburg, Belgium
TypeFortress
Beginning date1581 (Spanish Netherlands)
Restored date2018-ongoing
Dismantled date1783 (Austrian Netherlands)
Served duringEighty Years' War, War of Devolution, Franco-Dutch War, Nine Years' War, War of Spanish Succession, war of Austrian Succession

Fort Plassendale is a former fortress, located in Oudenburg, Belgium at the crosspoint of the Ghent-Bruges-Ostend canal and the Plassendale-Nieuwpoort canal. The fortress served during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648), the War of Devolution (1667-1668), the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678), the Nine Years' War(1688-1697), the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1713) and the war of Austrian Succession (1740-1748). As of 2024, the only remaining structure is the so-called Spanish Toll House (Dutch: Spaans Tolhuis), which is being restored since 2018.[1]

The fortress as a whole was build in commission of the Franc of Bruges, according to the plans made by Pieter Pourbus after the Act of abjuration (1581). It served during six different wars and was demolished shortly after the nearby port of Ostend was declared a Free-trade zone by Joseph II in 1781. Among the permanent residents were inn keepers, brewers, lock keepers, contractors, and boat-pulling people (so-called ketsers).[2]

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  1. ^ Jauquet, D. (2017, august 22nd). "Spaans Tolhuis wordt rustpunt voor fietsers". In: Het Nieuwsblad, 22nd of august 2017. p. 4.
  2. ^ Vanhooren, F. & Velle, P. (2024). Thuis op het bolwerk: de permanente burgerbevolking van Fort Plassendale. In: Jaarboek Erfgoedkring 8460, 2024. pp. 7-32.
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