Prins Mauritsstraat is a street just outside Bredevoort’s historic centre, following the line of the former moat around the fortified town. It begins as a side street off Misterstraat and runs past the cemetery towards Winterswijksestraat. There it bends, crosses the Slingebeek by bridge and continues along a section that formerly belonged to Stationsweg, with a turn-off to Bastionstraat, before ending at Koppelstraat.
Prince Maurice held Bredevoort in pledge from 1612 to 1625. During the Siege of Bredevoort in 1597, he succeeded in taking the town from the south with the aid of cork bridges, an innovation at the time. The approach must have been roughly from Zwanenbroek and the section of Prins Mauritsstraat near the present Koppelkerk.
Prins Mauritsstraat was laid out after the moat was filled in and Bredevoort’s fortifications were dismantled at this location. From the early 20th century, small-scale industry was established on the newly available land and the general cemetery was created. The Jewish burial ground near Hozenstraat was cleared, and the remains were reinterred in the Jewish cemetery on Prins Mauritsstraat.