Bergen op Zoom
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Bergen op Zoom is a city and municipality in southwestern Netherlands. It is located in the province of North Brabant, at the provincial border with Zeeland. In 2025, the municipality had a population
Markiezenhof in Bergen op Zoom
Gevangenpoort, the oldest monument in Bergen op Zoom
Grote Markt
Gertrudiskerk
The siege of Bergen op Zoom took place during the Austrian War of Succession, when a French army, under the command of Count Löwendal and the overall direction of Marshal Maurice de Saxe, laid siege a
Bergen op Zoom
…nickname La Pucelle or The Virgin as it was never successfully taken in a siege. In 1747, during the War of the Austrian Succession, the French army laid siege to the city. Bergen op Zoom had been fortified by new works built at the beginning of the 17th century by Menno van Coehoorn, with three forts surrounding…
The assault on Bergen op Zoom
Bergen op Zoom in 1747
Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Count of Lowendal
French soldier of the Régiment de Normandie 1740s