Dutch Water Defence Lines

Overview

The Dutch Water Defence Lines represents a defence system extending over 200 km along the edge of the administrative and economic heartland of Holland. It is comprised of the New Dutch Waterline and the Defence Line of Amsterdam. Built between 1815 and 1940, the system consists of a network of forts, dikes, sluices, pumping stations, canals and inundation polders, working in concert to protect the Netherlands by applying the principle of temporary flooding of the land. It has been developed thanks to the special knowledge of hydraulic engineering for defence purposes held and applied by the people of the Netherlands since the 16th century. Each of the polders along the line of fortifications has its own inundation facilities.

Selection Criteria

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Components(20 locations)

• •Dutch Water Defence Lines, consisting of existing The Defence Line of Amsterdam and the extension New Dutch Waterline759bis-001
• •Sluice759bis-013
• •Fort Werk IV759bis-007
• •Fort Pannerden759bis-009
• •Zilveren schaats759bis-012
• •Fort near Heemstede759bis-003
• •Group shelter type P759bis-010
• •Group shelter type P759bis-011
• •Group shelter type P759bis-014
• •Fort along the Pampus759bis-005
• •Tiel Inundation Canal759bis-008
• •Shelter (Tamboershut)759bis-020
• •Culvert near Offerhausweg759bis-015
• •Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn759bis-017
• •Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden759bis-002
• •Bridge with the twelve holes759bis-018
• •Culvert/Bridge near Minstroom759bis-016
• •Works along the IJ before Diemerdam759bis-004
• •Watchtower at the reduit of Fort Vossegat759bis-019
• •Works along the IJ before Durgerdam (Vuurtoreneiland)759bis-006

Details

Countries

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

ISO Codes

NL

Area

55,404.9 ha

Coordinates

52.5550, 4.7914