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Fort Brasschaat
(Belgium - Antwerp - Maria ter Heide)
This belgian artillery fortress is part of the 'Stelling van Antwerpen'. Between 1937 and 1939, this fort was connected with neightbour fortresses in Kapellen and 's-Gravenwezel by the 'Antwerpese anti-tank ditch'.
The fort today:
It is currently abandoned.
Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- Sionkloosterlaan
Maria ter Heide - WWII grade:
- 40%
- Rating:
- 20%
Where is it?
Nearby (help)
Museum
Point of interest
Monument
- War Memorial Gooreind
- Memorial De Schelde in Merksem
- Liberation Memorial with Anti-aircraft Gun Wuustwezel
Cemetery
- Graves Civil Victims Achterbroek
- Graves Civilian Casualties Schilde
- Graves Civilian Casualties Gooreind
Fortification
