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Drommedaris, Enkhuizen

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Location: Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands

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1. Railrunnerroutes: From Enkhuizen station to Hoogkarspel station

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2. Blauwpoortsbrug – Drommedaris City Gate, Enkhuizen loop from Enkhuizen

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3. Drommedaris, Enkhuizen – Blauwpoortsbrug loop from Enkhuizen

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Pauline van der Waal

April 7, 2022

The Drommedaris is a defense structure at the entrance to the Oude Haven and originally stood on the Westfriesedijk. The old name of the building is Zuiderpoort or Ketenpoort and later also Wilgenburg. The name Drommedaris or Domburg was first used in the 19th century.

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Bumble-Bee

February 2, 2021

The building was erected as a defense work at the entrance to the Old Harbor, and was originally on the Westfriesian dike; this ran from the north; over the Breedstraat along to the Zuiderdijk. The stretch of dike near the Drommedaris was later excavated for the construction of the new haven. The artillery cellar and the room on the ground floor in the building date from 1540 and were the original building. Both rooms contain cannon holes along the walls in niches where there were cannons that could cover the harbors. The upper room has a rib vault. Above the building on the roof was a structure containing prison cells that can still be found on the first floor in the current building. So the bottom of the first floor was the roof of the original building. Above the gate is a cell for those condemned to death, in which oak wooded dates and sometimes poems are carved. Outside above the entrance to this gate, the weapon of the Emperor was carved out of white stone with the text below: "Blessed is the City and highly praised, who prays for war in times of peace." In a wooden bell chair on the roof a small bell hung to ring for announce of closing the gate.

The old name of the building is Zuiderpoort or Ketenpoort and later also Wilgenburg (for the stronghold to which the tower belonged). The name Ketenpoort refers to the salt works (zoutketen) south of the city along the Zuiderdijk, which could be reached via this gate. There seawater from the North sea was evaporated to obtain the salt where herring was preserved with. The name Drommedaris or Domburg was first used in the 19th century.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drommedaris

Peter Luthe

June 20, 2023

Former city gate at the Oude Haven.

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1. Railrunnerroutes: From Enkhuizen station to Hoogkarspel station

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