Draft:Fort Plassendale

Fort Plassendale
Fort Plassendale
	Map of Plassendale in the 'Stedenboek' (book of cities) by Frederik de Wit (1698)
Location	Oudenburg, Belgium
Type	Fortress
Beginning date	1585 (Spanish Netherlands)
Restored date	2018-ongoing
Dismantled date	1783 (Austrian Netherlands)
Served during	Eighty Years' war, War of Devolution, Franco-Dutch war, Nine Years' war, War of Spanish Succession, war of Austrian Succession

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Fort Plassendale is a former fortress, located in Oudenburg, Belgium. It served during the Eighty Years' war, the War of Devolution, the Franco-Dutch war, the Nine Years' war, the War of Spanish Succession and the war of Austrian Succession. As of 2024, the only remaining structure is the so-called Spanish Toll House (Dutch: Spaans Tolhuis). The fortress as a whole was build after the Fall of Antwerp (1585) and demolished shortly after the port of Ostend was declared a Free-trade zone by Joseph II in 1781. Among the permanent residents were inn keepers, lock keepers, contractors, and boatmen.^[1]

^ Vanhooren, F. & Velle, P. (2024). Thuis op het bolwerk: de permanente burgerbevolking van Fort Plassendale. In: Jaarboek Erfgoedkring 8460, 2024.

[1] Vanhooren, F. & Velle, P. (2024). Thuis op het bolwerk: de permanente burgerbevolking van Fort Plassendale. In: Jaarboek Erfgoedkring 8460, 2024.

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