Fort of Stabroek
The Fort of Stabroek dates from 1902. It is one of a ring of forts surrounding Antwerp, built after the city had been identified as Belgium's National redoubt to which the army and government could retreat and await allied intervention in the event of military attack from abroad.Photo: Andrawaag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sint-Catharinakerk and Kapel van de Hagelberg.
Sint-Catharinakerk
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sint-Catharinakerk is a church, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Fort of Stabroek.
Kapel van de Hagelberg
Church
Kapel van de Hagelberg is a church, which is situated 2 km northwest of Fort of Stabroek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berendrecht and Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo.
Berendrecht
Village
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Berendrecht is a neighbourhood and former village in Antwerp province in Belgium. Its name means "dike of the bear", according to the area's dialect, or "dike of a man called Bear", or "passage by the marsh".
Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo
Suburb
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Berendrecht, Zandvliet and Lillo are three towns along the seaport docks north of the old city of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium. The substantial 1983 merger with former municipalities led in 2000 to the decentralisation of this enlarged municipality of Antwerp, while these three towns merged into one of the city's districts, called Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo or Bezali. Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo is situated 3½ km west of Fort of Stabroek.
Putte
Village
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Putte is part of the Dutch municipality of Woensdrecht, and had 3751 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008. The village lies on and extends over the border between the Netherlands and Belgium, the Belgian part being Putte, Kapellen. Putte is situated 3½ km northeast of Fort of Stabroek.
Fort of Stabroek
- Type: Fort
- Also known as: “Fort de Stabroeck”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Stabroek, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Fort of Stabroek” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort van Stabroek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ستابروك”
- German: “Fort Stabroek”
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