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Fort De Hel

Fort De Hel

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Fort De Hel

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Location: Moerdijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

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1. Willemstad Marina – Town Hall. loop from Helwijk

17.7km

04:27

20m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Raadhuis. – View of Willemstad loop from Willemstad

10.3km

02:36

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Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Willemstad Marina – Town Hall. loop from Heijningen

27.8km

07:00

40m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Viviane

February 9, 2025

Fort de Hel is a fort located a few hundred meters northwest of Helwijk. It was part of the Defence Line of the Hollandsch Diep and the Volkerak.

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Gwendolyn Alessie

July 4, 2024

Smallest fort in the Netherlands with restaurant/terrace. Check opening hours

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Hebari Hike&Bike

March 29, 2025

De Hel appeals to the imagination. With explosive tension in the French period, when the fort could hold 9500 kilos of gunpowder and 14 men.

The French built Fort l'Enfer in 1811, to defend Willemstad against the English. The square fort provided cover for Fort Sabina Henrica. Two years later the French left and it was given the Dutch name De Hel. The Dutch modernized Fort De Hel in Willemstad in 1884 so that it could hold 118 soldiers. In 1896 the fort was armed with six cannons, four mortars, two machine guns and four Coehoorn mortars. In 1941 the Germans occupied Fort De Hel, until the South Wales Borderers drove them out on 5 November 1944. The fort, like Fort Frederik and Fort Sabina, was built in the so-called 'Tour modèle' style. There are only three of these in the Netherlands and all in the Stelling van Willemstad.

Fort De Hel in Willemstad is the atmospheric setting for theatre performances and the Night of Poetry. It is part of the annual art and culture route of Moerdijk. The fort is also included in the Floris V-pad, a long-distance walking path of 244.5 kilometres from Amsterdam to Bergen op Zoom.

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Fort De Hel

1. Willemstad Marina – Town Hall. loop from Helwijk

2. Raadhuis. – View of Willemstad loop from Willemstad

3. Willemstad Marina – Town Hall. loop from Heijningen

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