Fort bij Aalsmeer
The "Fort bij Aalsmeer (Fort at Aalsmeer)", model A, was completed in 1905 as part of the Stelling van Amsterdam (Defence Line of Amsterdam, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
The fort was mobilized both in 1914-1918 and in 1940. The Germans built an open emplacement in the fort's front wall. It was likely used for a searchlight or a light anti-aircraft gun. The storage area was reinforced with rails.
Nowaday it houses the CRASH Luchtoorlog- en Verzetsmuseum '40-'45.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze (1, 2), Dick de Bruijne (3, 4)
- stelling-amsterdam.nl
Nearby
Museum
Point of interest
- Stelling van Amsterdam - Engineering Shed Fort bij Aalsmeer - Rijsenhout
- Scheinflugplatz Aalsmeer (SF 16) - Rijsenhout
- Stelling van Amsterdam - Fort Guards House Fort bij Kudelstaart - Kudelstaart
Monument
- Missing Man Salute Memorial - Aalsmeerderbrug
- Memorial Old City Hall Aalsmeer - Aalsmeer
- War Memorial Aalsmeer - Aalsmeer
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves New Municipal Cemetery Aalsmeer - Aalsmeer
- Dutch War Graves De Wilgenhof Hoofddorp - Hoofddorp
- Commonwealth War Graves Hoofddorp - Hoofddorp
Fortification
- Stelling van Amsterdam - Lock Aalsmeer - Rijsenhout
- Stelling van Amsterdam - Battery V - Rozenburg
- Stelling van Amsterdam - Batterij aan de Aalsmeerderweg - Hoofddorp
Crash site
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