The Stelling van Amsterdam is a 135-kilometre fortification line around Amsterdam, which would function as a national redoubt. It comprises 45 forts, as well as dams, dikes, locks, pumping stations, b
Fort bij Spijkerboor (in 2015)
Engineer Cornelis Krayenhoff was involved in all defence lines around Amsterdam since 1787, in particular the Posts of Krayenhoff named after him.
The Grebbe Line was a forward defence line of the Dutch Waterline, based on inundation. The Grebbe Line ran from the Grebbeberg in Rhenen northwards until the IJsselmeer.
Stelling van Amsterdam
…Old / New Dutch Waterline Grebbe line IJssel Line…