Smalstad In 1403, Brouwershaven was granted city rights. But it remained a narrow town, a city too small to participate in the States of Zeeland. So you had no say as a town. In 1575, the barely fortified town was captured by Spanish troops and then set on fire. This was not allowed to happen again and earthen city walls were erected, surrounded by a wet moat. Five gates gave access to the city. In the storm surge of 1682, part of the fortifications are destroyed. The fortress was lifted in 1820, and then dismantled. As you can still see, the ramparts and moats on the east and north sides of the city have been preserved.
Schouwen and Duiveland used to be two islands. A wide creek called Gouwe flowed between them. Ebb and flow created tidal creeks. One of these creeks ended in the Schouwen country at Brijdorpe, then a village with a church. When the polder was embanked in the 12th century, a dam was placed in the creek and a sluice was built in the dam to drain the polder water. A village had to be built around that dam. Brouwershaven was built on the dikes. Brouwershaven grew into a beautiful little town where a lot of trade was done. Barrels of herring and madder (for the red dye) were loaded from the market into the ships in the harbour using a wooden crane and transported to Brabant, Rotterdam and Antwerp, among other places. But mussels, shrimps and beer also made a lot of money. And at the scales, people weighed grain, flour and metal. Nowadays, there is not much trade, but the remains of this trading town are still present and clearly visible. Question 1: What was mainly in the barrels that the wooden crane moved around the market? Madder and ... Write down the 1st letter.
Discover the historical Atlantikwall at the Zeepeduinen and Slot Haamstede on Schouwen. This impressive defense line consisted of dozens of bunkers, including the Walvisbunker: a command bunker of the type 117a, located on the highest dune. From here, the Germans had command over all defense works on Schouwen during World War II.
In addition to the Walvisbunker, there are many other bunkers to be found, including standard models that occur throughout the Atlantikwall, personnel shelters, and a hospital bunker. The Stützpunkgruppe Schouwen, an extensive complex of dozens of bunkers in the dunes of Schouwen and in the Slotbos of castle Haamstede, was intended to defend the coast and the Haamstede airfield against an Allied invasion.
Visit this unique location and discover the history of the Atlantikwall and the Walvisbunker. Admire the armored observation dome on the roof of the bunker and see the spaces for a radio, officers, supplies, and the machine gun post for the defense of the bunker itself.
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