{"id":15428,"date":"2020-03-06T15:43:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=15428"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T12:57:09","slug":"bourtange-fortress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/netherlands\/region-groningen\/bourtange-fortress\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bourtange Fortress \u2013 back into the past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Just behind the German\/Dutch border in the Groningen province lies the small town Bourtange. And in Bourtange stands a fortress that was reconstructed masterfully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Bourtange Fortress was created around 1580. The area around Groningen was mostly swampland at that time, only a few paved roads ran through the landscape. Wilhelm I of Orange had the fortress built in a carefully selected location between Heede and Groningen. He hoped to cut off the Spanish occupiers that had taken Groningen from the rest of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n