Wierickerschans

The Wierickerschans Fort is a part of the Old Dutch Waterline or "Oude Hollandse Waterlinie". This was a defence system that allowed large parts of the country to be flooded.
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Wikipedia
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Weijpoortsemolen and Bodegraven railway station.

Windmill
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a windmill, which is situated 800 metres east of Wierickerschans.

Railway station
Photo: Aquilo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bodegraven is a railway station in , . The railway station was opened in 1878, when the rail connection between and Utrecht was opened. is situated 2½ km west of Wierickerschans.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Wierickerschans.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weijpoort and Weijland.

Hamlet
Nieuwerbrug is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 5 km west of . The statistical area "Nieuwerbrug", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1270.

Hamlet
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 5 km west of . The statistical area "Weijland", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 400.

Village
Photo: P.H. Louw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the former municipality of , and lies about five kilometres west of .

Wierickerschans

Latitude
52.08169° or 52° 4′ 54″ north
Longitude
4.78352° or 4° 47′ 1″ east
Inception
1673
Open location code
9F463QJM+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 859737786
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Wiki­data ID
Q2866483
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to French—“Wierickerschans” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “維里克斯漢斯堡壘”
  • Chinese: “维里克斯汉斯堡垒”
  • Dutch: “Fort Wierickerschans, vierkante gebastionneerde en omgrachte schans van het Nieuw-Nederlandse stelsel”
  • Dutch: “Fort Wierickerschans”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 9769”
  • French: “Wierickerschans”

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