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  De Post in de Vloeiweide ⓘ
  

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  Siege of Dordrecht ⓘ
  

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  Siege of Castle Altena ⓘ
  The Netherlands, July 1393

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  Siege of IJsselstein ⓘ
  1416 siege

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  Second Battle of Vreeswijk ⓘ
  1482 battle

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  Siege of Montfoort ⓘ
  1490 siege

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  Siege of IJsselstein ⓘ
  1511 siege

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  Siege of Loevestein ⓘ
  1570 siege

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  Capture of Geertruidenberg ⓘ
  battle during the Eighty Years' War

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  Siege of Zaltbommel ⓘ
  1574 siege

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  Siege of Oudewater ⓘ
  1575 event during the Eighty Years' War

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  Siege of Schoonhoven ⓘ
  1575 siege

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  Siege of Bréda ⓘ
  1577 siege

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  Capture of Breda of 1581 ⓘ
  1581 taking of Breda during the Eighty Years' War by surprise after a sentry was bribed

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  Battle of Empel ⓘ
  1585 battle

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  Siege of Heusden ⓘ
  

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  Capture of Geertruidenberg ⓘ
  1589 battle

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  Capture of Breda of 1590 ⓘ
  1590 short battle during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War during which a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau captured the heavily protected city of Breda

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  Siege of Geertruidenberg ⓘ
  1593 siege

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  Siege of Zaltbommel ⓘ
  1599 action during the Eighty Years' and Anglo–Spanish wars

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  Siege of San Andreas ⓘ
  1600 action during the Eighty Years' and Anglo–Spanish wars

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  Battle of Lekkerbeetje ⓘ
  cavalry duel fought by pre-arrangement on Vughterheide near 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant during the Eighty Years' War

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  Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch ⓘ
  1601 siege

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  Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch ⓘ
  1603 siege

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  Spinola's campaign ⓘ
  1605–1606 military campaign

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  Siege of Breda of 1624–25 ⓘ
  1624 siege during the Eighty Years' War

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  Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch ⓘ
  1629 part of the Eighty Years' War

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  Frederick Henry's Meuse campaign ⓘ
  campaign in 1632

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  Siege of Breda ⓘ
  siege in 1637, part of the Eighty Years' War

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  Siege of Breda ⓘ
  1793 siege of the War of the First Coalition

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  Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch ⓘ
  1794 siege

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  Unknown ⓘ
  1813 siege

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  Siege of Gorkum ⓘ
  1813 siege

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  Siege of Breda ⓘ
  1813 siege

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  Battle for the Kapelsche Veer ⓘ
  1945 conflict

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  Frisian–Frankish wars ⓘ
  7th–8th century series of wars

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  Guelderian Wars ⓘ
  1502–1543 series of wars in the Low Countries

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  Eighty Years' War ⓘ
  Dutch revolt against the Habsburgs (1568-1648)

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  Anglo-Spanish War of 1626-1630 ⓘ
  war fought by Spain against the Kingdom of England and the United Provinces

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  New Dutch Waterline Battery ⓘ
  building in the Netherlands

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  Overeindseweg Battery ⓘ
  

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  Overeindseweg Battery ⓘ
  

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  bomb shelter Bredaseweg 444, Tilburg ⓘ
  

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  Bunker 599 ⓘ
  

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  Commandeursbolwerk Geertruidenberg ⓘ
  

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  Fort Crèvecoeur ⓘ
  fort in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

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  Fort Dieze ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen ⓘ
  fortress in Utrecht

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  Fort Everdingen te Culemborg ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Culemborg ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Giessen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honsdijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk. ⓘ
  

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  Fort Isabella ⓘ
  fort in 's-Hertogenbosch

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  Fort Jutphaas ⓘ
  

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  Fort near Asperen in Geldermalsen ⓘ
  

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  Fort near Asperen in Geldermalsen ⓘ
  

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  Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam ⓘ
  

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  Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam ⓘ
  

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  Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam ⓘ
  

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  Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam ⓘ
  

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  Fort Sint-Anthonie ⓘ
  building in Kingdom of the Netherlands

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  Fort Sint-Michiel ⓘ
  

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  Fort Vreeswijk ⓘ
  

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  Fort Vuren ⓘ
  

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  Nieuwe Steeg Fort ⓘ
  

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  Pettelaarse Schans ⓘ
  

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  vestingwerken van Gorinchem ⓘ
  

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  vestingwerken van Woudrichem ⓘ
  

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  Fort Nassau ⓘ
  

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  Fort Sint-Andries ⓘ
  

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  Museum Slot Loevestein ⓘ
  

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  Maczek Memorial Breda ⓘ
  museum at Breda, Netherlands

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  Bakerbosch ⓘ
  former keep in Deil, Netherlands

1304-04-01T00:00:00Z

1304-05-01T00:00:00Z

1304 Siege of Dordrecht

1393-07-09T00:00:00Z

1393-07-24T00:00:00Z

1393 Siege of Castle Altena

1416-05-14T00:00:00Z

1416-06-08T00:00:00Z

1416 Siege of IJsselstein

1482-09-30T00:00:00Z

1482-10-20T00:00:00Z

1482 Second Battle of Vreeswijk

1490-05-11T00:00:00Z

1490-08-17T00:00:00Z

1490 Siege of Montfoort

1511-01-31T00:00:00Z

1511-06-11T00:00:00Z

1511 Siege of IJsselstein

1570-12-09T00:00:00Z

1570-12-19T00:00:00Z

1570 Siege of Loevestein

1573-08-28T00:00:00Z

1573-08-28T00:00:00Z

1573 Capture of Geertruidenberg

1574-07-23T00:00:00Z

1574-10-24T00:00:00Z

1574 Siege of Zaltbommel

1575-07-19T00:00:00Z

1575-08-07T00:00:00Z

1575 Siege of Oudewater

1575-08-11T00:00:00Z

1575-08-24T00:00:00Z

1575 Siege of Schoonhoven

1577-10-14T00:00:00Z

1577-10-14T00:00:00Z

1577 Siege of Bréda

1581-07-26T00:00:00Z

1581-08-06T00:00:00Z

1581 Capture of Breda of 1581

1585-12-07T00:00:00Z

1585-12-08T00:00:00Z

1585 Battle of Empel

1589-01-01T00:00:00Z

1589-01-01T00:00:00Z

1589 Siege of Heusden

1589-04-10T00:00:00Z

1589-04-10T00:00:00Z

1589 Capture of Geertruidenberg

1590-03-01T00:00:00Z

1590-03-01T00:00:00Z

1590 Capture of Breda of 1590

1593-03-27T00:00:00Z

1593-06-24T00:00:00Z

1593 Siege of Geertruidenberg

1599-05-15T00:00:00Z

1599-07-13T00:00:00Z

1599 Siege of Zaltbommel

1600-01-28T00:00:00Z

1600-03-06T00:00:00Z

1600 Siege of San Andreas

1600-02-05T00:00:00Z

1600-02-05T00:00:00Z

1600 Battle of Lekkerbeetje

1601-11-01T00:00:00Z

1601-11-27T00:00:00Z

1601 Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch

1603-08-19T00:00:00Z

1603-11-05T00:00:00Z

1603 Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch

1605-01-01T00:00:00Z

1606-01-01T00:00:00Z

1605 — 1606 Spinola's campaign

1624-08-27T00:00:00Z

1625-06-05T00:00:00Z

1624 — 1625 Siege of Breda of 1624–25

1629-04-30T00:00:00Z

1629-09-14T00:00:00Z

1629 Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch

1632-06-01T00:00:00Z

1632-08-22T00:00:00Z

1632 Frederick Henry's Meuse campaign

1637-07-21T00:00:00Z

1637-10-11T00:00:00Z

1637 Siege of Breda

1793-02-21T00:00:00Z

1793-02-27T00:00:00Z

1793 Siege of Breda

1794-09-22T00:00:00Z

1794-10-12T00:00:00Z

1794 Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch

1813-11-01T00:00:00Z

1813-12-13T00:00:00Z

1813 Unknown

1813-11-18T00:00:00Z

1814-02-20T00:00:00Z

1813 — 1814 Siege of Gorkum

1813-12-19T00:00:00Z

1813-12-22T00:00:00Z

1813 Siege of Breda

1945-01-26T00:00:00Z

1945-01-31T00:00:00Z

1945 Battle for the Kapelsche Veer

0700-01-01T00:00:00Z

0800-01-01T00:00:00Z

700 — 800 Frisian–Frankish wars

1502-01-01T00:00:00Z

1543-01-01T00:00:00Z

1502 — 1543 Guelderian Wars

1568-06-02T00:00:00Z

1648-01-30T00:00:00Z

1568 — 1648 Eighty Years' War

1625-11-01T00:00:00Z

1630-11-15T00:00:00Z

1625 — 1630 Anglo-Spanish War of 1626-1630

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

2010 Bunker 599

1300-01-01T00:00:00Z

1300-01-01T00:00:00Z

1300 vestingwerken van Gorinchem

1583-01-01T00:00:00Z

1583-01-01T00:00:00Z

1583 vestingwerken van Woudrichem

1594-01-01T00:00:00Z

1673-01-01T00:00:00Z

1594 — 1673 Fort Nassau

1599-01-01T00:00:00Z

1599-01-01T00:00:00Z

1599 Fort Sint-Andries

1994-12-31T00:00:00Z

1994-12-31T00:00:00Z

1994 Museum Slot Loevestein

2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

2020 Maczek Memorial Breda

1404-01-01T00:00:00Z

1712-01-01T00:00:00Z

1404 — 1712 Bakerbosch

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NIMH - 2155 005257 - Aerial photograph of Fort Giessen, The Netherlands

NIMH - 2011 - 0926 - Aerial photograph of Fort bij Giessen, The Netherlands - 1920 - 1940

NIMH - 2155 005365 - Aerial photograph of Fort Giessen, The Netherlands

Fort Giessen Loods

Fort Giessen Gebouwen C en A

Fort Giessen Segmenten schuilplaats 1916

Fort Giessen Fortwachterswoning

Fort Giessen met gracht

Fort Giessen Kelder

Fort Giessen Toiletten

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		De Post in de Vloeiweide	offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1304	Siege of Dordrecht	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1393	Siege of Castle Altena	siege, Cod Alliance Treaty, Hook Alliance Treaty	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1416	Siege of IJsselstein	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1482	Second Battle of Vreeswijk	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1490	Siege of Montfoort	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1511	Siege of IJsselstein	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1570	Siege of Loevestein	Spanish Empire, siege, Dutch States Party	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1573	Capture of Geertruidenberg	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1574	Siege of Zaltbommel	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1575	Siege of Oudewater	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1575	Siege of Schoonhoven	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1577	Siege of Bréda	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1581	Capture of Breda of 1581	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1585	Battle of Empel	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1589	Siege of Heusden	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1589	Capture of Geertruidenberg	Dutch Republic, battle, Kingdom of England, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1590	Capture of Breda of 1590	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1593	Siege of Geertruidenberg	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1599	Siege of Zaltbommel	siege, Andrew of Austria	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1600	Siege of San Andreas	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1600	Battle of Lekkerbeetje	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1601	Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1603	Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch	Dutch Republic, siege, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1605	Spinola's campaign	Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1624	Siege of Breda of 1624–25	Spanish Empire, Maurice of Nassau, siege, Carlos Coloma, Ernst von Mansfeld, Justinus van Nassau, Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1629	Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1632	Frederick Henry's Meuse campaign	Holy Roman Empire, Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1637	Siege of Breda	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Siege of Breda	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1813	Unknown	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1813	Siege of Gorkum	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1813	Siege of Breda	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Battle for the Kapelsche Veer	battle	Wikidata
event	war	700	Frisian–Frankish wars	Frisian Kingdom, Francia, series of wars	Wikidata
event	war	1502	Guelderian Wars	Habsburg monarchy, Duchy of Guelders, series of wars	Wikidata
event	war	1568	Eighty Years' War	civil war, Spanish Empire, Kingdom of France, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Union of Utrecht, Seventeen Provinces, Watergeuzen, Geuzen, Union of Arras, Iberian Union, revolt, County of Nassau, Principality of Nassau-Diez	Wikidata
event	war	1625	Anglo-Spanish War of 1626-1630	war, James VI and I, Charles I of England, Maurice of Nassau, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, William of Nassau, Ernst von Mansfeld, Philip IV of Spain, Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza, Juan Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Habsburg Spain, Antonio de Oquendo, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon	Wikidata
link	page		Rijksmonumentenregister page@		Wikidata
link	page		Rijksmonument complex page@		Wikidata
organisation	factory		Damen Shipyards Gorinchem	shipyard	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1791	L. Smit en Zoon	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	organisation	1927	Damen Shipyards Group	organization, corporate group, shipbuilding	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		New Dutch Waterline Battery	artillery battery, building	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Overeindseweg Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Overeindseweg Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		bomb shelter Bredaseweg 444, Tilburg	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	2010	Bunker 599	Groepsschuilplaats Type P, work of art, bunker	Wikidata
site	fort		Commandeursbolwerk Geertruidenberg	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Crèvecoeur	barracks, military training area, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Dieze	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Culemborg	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Culemborg	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Giessen	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honsdijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk.	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Isabella	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Jutphaas	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort near Asperen in Geldermalsen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort near Asperen in Geldermalsen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Sint-Anthonie	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Sint-Michiel	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Vreeswijk	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Vuren	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Nieuwe Steeg Fort	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Pettelaarse Schans	reconstructed structure, fort, sconce	Wikidata
site	fort	1300	vestingwerken van Gorinchem	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1583	vestingwerken van Woudrichem	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1594	Fort Nassau	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1599	Fort Sint-Andries	fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1994	Museum Slot Loevestein	national museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2020	Maczek Memorial Breda	military museum, museum	Wikidata
site	tower	1404	Bakerbosch	destroyed building or structure, château, keep	Wikidata
commons	image		NIMH - 2155 005257 - Aerial photograph of Fort Giessen, The Netherlands		Commons
commons	image		NIMH - 2011 - 0926 - Aerial photograph of Fort bij Giessen, The Netherlands - 1920 - 1940		Commons
commons	image		NIMH - 2155 005365 - Aerial photograph of Fort Giessen, The Netherlands		Commons
commons	image		Fort Giessen Loods		Commons
commons	image		Fort Giessen Gebouwen C en A		Commons
commons	image		Fort Giessen Segmenten schuilplaats 1916		Commons
commons	image		Fort Giessen Fortwachterswoning		Commons
commons	image		Fort Giessen met gracht		Commons
commons	image		Fort Giessen Kelder		Commons
commons	image		Fort Giessen Toiletten		Commons