Koppelpoort City Gate

The Koppelpoort, part of the second city wall (1380-1451), was completed in 1427. It is a combined land and water gate, where the water flows from the city into the Eem.

The Koppelpoort was first attacked during the siege of 1427. Amersfoort women threw boiling beer down from the walls and the attack was repelled. Between 1645 and 1778 there was a front gate in front of the main gate, which may have been the design of the Amersfoort master builder Jacob van Campen. On the inside of the gate, the Zakkendragersgilde, among others, resided in spaces under the closed arches. When all defenses were demolished around 1840, the Koppelpoort was also in danger of disappearing. But the gate was spared and was restored in 1886. More than a hundred years later, 1996-1998, the gate was restored again, retaining special wall plants. With this, Amersfoort won the Europa Nostra Award, an important restoration prize.

Very nice ensemble of a medieval city gate for the land and water way to Amersfoort.

The Koppelpoort is a unique combination of land gate and water gate, the only one in the Netherlands. It dates from 1425 and is part of the second city wall.