Fort Liefkenshoek

Fort Liefkenshoek

Fort Liefkenshoek
Over 400 years of history in one well preserved building complex: that is Fort Liefkenshoek. For many years, it was a States enclave in the Southern Netherlands, which would be excellently maintained as a strategic defence post. The history of the fort is unknown, but the current pattern dates from the first phase of the Eighty Years’ War (1614): a square with four bastions on the corners and two ravelins (elongated triangles in the moat). The fort owes its large semi-circular redan (a raised gun emplacement for canons), the strongly eroded powder magazine and the officers’ building to Napoleon. The toilets were built when the fort served as a quarantine site for sailors and migrants with contagious diseases in the nineteenth century. The bunkers were constructed by the Germans and date from the First World War. In the middle of 2012, the new Experience Centre (Belevingscentrum) opened.
Fort Liefkenshoek in de 17e eeuw. Atlas van Loon
Omwalling
Toegangspoort
Fort Liefkenshoek en Fort Lillo op de Ferraris kaart uit 1775

Het fort Liefkenshoek is een schans en fort nabij het voormalige gehucht Liefkenshoek bij het Belgische dorp Kallo, een deelgemeente van het Oost-Vlaamse Beveren. Het was een militaire vesting op de linkeroever van de Schelde bij Antwerpen. Het is in de periode 1585-1786 een vooruitgeschoven post van de Republiek geweest. Nu is het fort eigendom van de gemeente Beveren en sinds 1985 een beschermd monument.

Het fort werd in 1579 gebouwd tegenover het fort Lillo aan de rechteroever, waarschijnlijk in opdracht van de magistraat van Antwerpen. In juli 1584 viel het in handen van het Spaanse leger, maar in april 1585 kregen de Antwerpenaren het weer in handen. Na de Val van Antwerpen, op 15 augustus 1585, behielden de opstandelingen in de Noordelijke Nederlanden de greep op het fort. In 1614 werd het fort geheel vernieuwd op basis van een bestek van de vestingbouwer David van Orliens. Bij de Vrede van Münster in 1648 werd het fort officieel erkend als een vesting van de Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden. Deze Republiek beheerste dus de Schelde tot vlak voor de stad Antwerpen. Vanuit Lillo en Liefkenshoek werd een fiscale barrière in stand gehouden die nadelig was voor de handelspositie van de Antwerpse haven. Tijdens de Oostenrijkse Successieoorlog in 1747 namen de Fransen het fort in. Bij de Vrede van Aken (1748) werd Liefkens­hoek weer aan de Republiek toegewezen, die het in februari 1786 aan de Oostenrijkse Nederlanden afstond in uitvoering van het Verdrag van Fontainebleau (1785).

Tijdens de Franse bezetting, tussen 1794 en 1814, werd het fort uitgebreid met een kruitmagazijn en een halfcirkelvormige bomvrije kazerne, bestaande uit twaalf kazematten.

Na de Belgische Revolutie van 1830 bleven de forten Liefkenshoek en Lillo nog tot 1839 in handen van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. In 1894 werden ze als vestingwerken buiten bedrijf gesteld. Liefkenshoek werd een hospitaal (lazaret) van de quarantainedienst op de Schelde tot 1952. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd het fort gebruikt als basis en depot van de Belgische marine. Van 1964 tot 1973 deed het dienst als vakantieoord van het Belgische leger voor beroepsmilitairen en hun families. Daarna werd het fort gesloten tot het in juni 1980 werd aangekocht door de gemeente Beveren.

De Liefkenshoektunnel is naar de plaats genoemd.
Bronnen

Raymond Van Meirvenne, Fort Liefkenshoek. Een klein fort met een groot verleden, deel 28 uit de reeks België onder de wapens, uitg. De Krijger, Erpe, 1990.
J.M.G. Leune, Lillo en Liefkenshoek; de geschiedenis van twee Scheldeforten 1585-1786, Brussel, 2006 en 2009 (acht boekdelen).

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HISTORICAL PLACES OF BELGIUM IN GOOGLE EARTH PART FIVE ( 5/5 )

1. FORT LIEFKENSHOEK,KALLO 51°17'40.10N 4°17'7.70E
2. LERKEVELD 50°51'32.47N 4°41'11.52E
3. CITY HALL,MAASTRICHT 50°51'4.49N 5°41'28.60E
4. ST.ANNAPLEIN CHURCH,BRUGES 51°12'43.31N 3°13'55.64E
5. CASTLE RAVENHOF,STABROEK 51°21'13.10N 4°23'9.88E
6. ABBEY CHURCH,NINOVE 50°50'16.87N 4° 1'16.21E
7. ST.BAVO'S CATHEDRAL,GHENT 51° 3'10.64N 3°43'36.74E
8. CHURCH OF NOTRE-DAME DE LA CHAPELLE,BRUSSELS 50°50'29.30N 4°21'3.87E
9. ST.PETER'S CHURCH&TOWN HALL,LEUVEN 50°52'46.31N 4°42'3.97E
10. CASTLE JEMEPPE,HARGIMONT 50°11'10.27N 5°18'48.92E
11. CATHEDRAL,BRUSSELS 50°52'43.91N 4°21'20.75E
12. ST.MICHAEL CHURCH,GHENT 51° 3'12.51N 3°43'10.14E
13. STATUE OF JOHN COCKERILL 50°50'21.03N 4°22'21.49E
14. BELFRY HALL,GHENT 51° 3'12.78N 3°43'29.88E
15. CATHEDRAL ST.AUBAIN,NAMUR 50°27'52.68N 4°51'35.87E
16. ST.AMANDUS CHURCH,ANTWERP 51°13'34.76N 4°25'25.20E
17. MONUMENT LEOPOLD I, DE PANNE 51° 5'59.77N 2°34'47.59E
18. HEART 50°58'52.39N 4°32'1.53E
19. HOLY FAMILY CHURCH,ANTWERP 51°12'39.57N 4°26'1.35E
20. FORT NAPOLEON,OOSTENDE 51°14'20.55N 2°56'3.71E
21. CRUPET CASTLE,ASSESSE 50°20'59.84N 4°57'35.98E
22. MEYLANDT CASTLE,HEUSDEN-ZOLDER 51° 1'12.58N 5°16'54.10E
23. STATUE BRABO,ANTWERP 51°13'16.31N 4°23'58.90E
24. ROS BEIAARD STATUE,DENDERMONDE 51° 1'31.81N 4° 6'7.16E
25. TOWN HALL,LIER 51° 7'51.58N 4°34'11.72E
26. POEKE CASTLE,AALTER 51° 2'28.38N 3°26'59.74E

Explosie in Kallo - GvA/BFM

Voloko Gorlinksy works [ Vladimir Gorlinsky ]

Voloko Gorlinksy works [ Vladimir Gorlinsky ]

Vladimir Gorlinsky's works have been broadcast and performed in Europe, Asia, and Australia by and with trumpeter Marko Blaauw, countertenor Javier Hagen, conductor Enno Poppe, Ulrich Pohl, Teodor Currentzis, Klangforum, Nadar, Insomnio, orkest de ereprijs, eNsemble, the Studio for New Music, the Moscow Ensemble, and the Russian National Orchestra. In addition, his works were selected for the ISCM (in 2007 and 2013) as well as Rostrum (2010). The collective opera Boxing Pushkin, which featured his music, was performed in five cities around the Netherlands. The jury of Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2011 selected his piece Ultimate granular paradise. In May 2012, Gorlinsky's orchestral work Paramusic #2 was performed in a specially prepared island space in the Fort Liefkenshoek (Kallo, Belgium).

Zolder + Kallo

Ontploffing Kallo

Twee café's in Lillo sluiten de deuren

Twee van de vijf horecazaken in Lillo sluiten hun deuren. De café's zijn financieel niet langer houdbaar. En de uitbaters zien ook geen toekomst meer in Lillo. In het havendorp wonen nog maar amper mensen. En de huurprijzen zijn er veel te hoog.

Kallo

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Waasland aflevering 2

Netjes afgelijnd door de Schelde, het kanaal Gent-Terneuzen en de grens met Nederland ligt het Waasland. Een regio van een tiental gemeenten die haast allemaal in de provincie Oost-Vlaanderen liggen. Beveren is er één van en als je weet dat deze stad Doel en Kallo als deelgemeenten heeft, dan besef je meteen dat de Antwerpse haven economisch van onschatbare waarde is voor Beveren.

Lokeren leeft. Ondanks de budgettaire problemen van heel wat Vlaamse gemeenten werd er de voorbije jaren in Lokeren erg veel geld en energie gestoken in het hernieuwen van het centrum. De stad is dan ook uitgegroeid tot een moderne gemeente. Dat Lokeren een aantrekkelijke gemeente is blijkt uit de inwonersstatistieken. Elk jaar opnieuw stijgt het aantal mensen dat zich in de registers inschrijft.

Een zwarte bladzijde in de geschiedenisboeken van Temse is ongetwijfeld de faling van de Boelwerf in 1994. Nu, 20 jaar later, lijkt de gemeente hersteld te zijn van de zware klap. Op de plaats waar vroeger schepen werden gebouwd, is nu plaats gemaakt voor een kmo-zone en een woonzone. Zelfs het nieuwe administratieve centrum van Temse moet je hier zoeken.

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Antwerp ( (listen), Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] (listen), French: Anvers French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃vɛʁ(s)]) is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in Flanders. With a population of 520,504, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium. Its metropolitan area houses around 1,200,000 people, coming in second behind Brussels.Antwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the Westerschelde estuary. It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Brussels, and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) from the Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. Antwerp was also the place of the world's oldest stock exchange building, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872.Antwerp has long been an important city in the Low Countries, both economically and culturally, especially before the Spanish Fury (1576) and in the Dutch Revolt. The inhabitants of Antwerp are nicknamed Sinjoren (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnˈjoːˌrən]), after the Spanish honorific señor or French seigneur, lord, referring to the Spanish noblemen who ruled the city in the 17th century. Today Antwerp is a major trade and cultural centre. The city hosted the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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00:01:38 1 History
00:01:47 1.1 Origin of the name
00:04:38 1.2 Pre-1500
00:06:26 1.3 16th century
00:10:46 1.4 Reformation era
00:11:41 1.5 Dutch revolt
00:12:28 1.6 17th–19th centuries
00:14:48 1.7 20th century
00:17:18 2 Municipality
00:18:38 3 Buildings and landmarks
00:23:51 4 Fortifications
00:25:08 5 Demographics
00:25:17 5.1 Historical population
00:25:35 5.2 Minorities
00:26:01 5.2.1 Jewish community
00:27:22 5.2.2 Jain community
00:28:10 5.2.3 Armenian community
00:29:02 6 Economy
00:29:12 6.1 Port
00:30:41 6.2 Diamonds
00:32:26 7 Transportation
00:32:36 7.1 Road
00:34:27 7.2 Rail
00:35:59 7.3 Public transportation
00:36:35 7.4 Air
00:38:10 8 Politics
00:38:19 8.1 City council
00:38:44 8.2 Former mayors
00:40:02 9 Climate
00:40:36 10 Culture
00:41:30 10.1 Fashion
00:42:21 10.2 Local products
00:43:26 10.3 Missions to seafarers
00:43:54 10.4 Music
00:44:13 10.5 Music festivals
00:44:54 10.6 World Choir Games
00:45:20 11 Sport
00:46:56 12 Higher education
00:48:19 13 International relations
00:48:30 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:48:45 13.2 Partnerships
00:48:54 14 Notable people
00:49:04 14.1 Born in Antwerp
00:49:13 14.2 Lived in Antwerp
00:55:41 15 Select neighbourhoods
00:56:33 16 See also



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Antwerp ( (listen); Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] (listen); French: Anvers [ɑ̃vɛʁs]) is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in Flanders. With a population of 520,504, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium, and with 1,200,000 the second largest metropolitan region after Brussels.Antwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the river's Westerschelde estuary. It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Brussels, and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of the Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. The city is also known for its diamond industry and trade.
Both economically and culturally, Antwerp is and has long been an important city in the Low Countries, especially before and during the Spanish Fury (1576) and throughout and after the subsequent Dutch Revolt. Antwerp was also the place of the world's oldest stock exchange building, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872.The inhabitants of Antwerp are nicknamed Sinjoren (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪɲˈjoːrə(n)]), after the Spanish honorific señor or French seigneur, lord, referring to the Spanish noblemen who ruled the city in the 17th century. The city hosted the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Antwerp | Wikipedia audio article

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Antwerp


00:01:23 1 History
00:01:32 1.1 Origin of the name
00:03:57 1.2 Pre-1500
00:05:30 1.3 16th century
00:09:14 1.4 Reformation era
00:10:03 1.5 Dutch revolt
00:10:43 1.6 17th–19th centuries
00:12:43 1.7 20th century
00:14:51 2 Municipality
00:16:00 3 Buildings and landmarks
00:20:16 4 Fortifications
00:21:22 5 Demographics
00:21:31 5.1 Historical population
00:21:47 5.2 Minorities
00:22:10 5.2.1 Jewish community
00:23:20 5.2.2 Jain community
00:24:01 5.2.3 Armenian community
00:24:46 6 Economy
00:26:48 7 Transportation
00:26:57 7.1 Road
00:28:33 7.2 Rail
00:29:51 7.3 Public transportation
00:30:23 7.4 Air
00:31:44 8 Politics
00:31:52 8.1 City council
00:32:22 8.2 Former mayors
00:33:31 9 Climate
00:34:00 10 Culture
00:34:47 10.1 Fashion
00:35:32 10.2 Local products
00:36:29 10.3 Missions to seafarers
00:36:53 10.4 Music
00:37:11 10.5 Music festivals
00:37:47 10.6 World Choir Games
00:38:10 11 Sport
00:39:32 12 Higher education
00:40:44 13 International relations
00:40:53 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:41:07 13.2 Partnerships
00:41:16 14 Notable people
00:41:25 14.1 Born in Antwerp
00:41:34 14.2 Lived in Antwerp
00:47:01 15 Select neighbourhoods
00:47:45 16 See also



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SUMMARY
=======
Antwerp ( (listen), Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] (listen), French: Anvers French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃vɛʁ(s)]) is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in Flanders. With a population of 520,504, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium. Its metropolitan area houses around 1,200,000 people, coming in second behind Brussels.Antwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the Westerschelde estuary. It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Brussels, and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) from the Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. Antwerp was also the place of the world's oldest stock exchange building, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872.Antwerp has long been an important city in the Low Countries, both economically and culturally, especially before the Spanish Fury (1576) and in the Dutch Revolt. The inhabitants of Antwerp are nicknamed Sinjoren (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnˈjoːˌrən]), after the Spanish honorific señor or French seigneur, lord, referring to the Spanish noblemen who ruled the city in the 17th century. Today Antwerp is a major trade and cultural centre. The city hosted the 1920 Summer Olympics.