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Location: Abcoude, Utrecht, Netherlands

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Iris

July 20, 2023

Nice sight. The Battery aan het Gein is an earthen defense structure at the end of the Liniewal Geindijk-Nigtevecht in Abcoude. This defense work consists of batteries on both sides of the Gein and is part of the Defense Line of Amsterdam.

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August 26, 2022

The batteries on the Gein were originally erected around 1810 as Post No. 8, one of Krayenhoff's posts. The batteries are located on both sides of the gein. They were built in the form of closed earthworks. As the only post of the old defense system, it was transferred unchanged to the new Amsterdam line of defences. The western battery in particular was still important within Amsterdam's line of defences. She supported the fort at Abcoude and the fort at the Winkel. In 1959 the batteries were abandoned as fortifications. In the 1980s the profile of the batteries was restored.

Source: stellingvanamsterdam.nl/nl/batterijen-aan-het-gein

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Location: Abcoude, Utrecht, Netherlands

Batteries at the Gein

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