Thema: Lordship of Bredevoort
For centuries, the Lordship of Bredevoort formed the administrative and military framework for Aalten and the surrounding area. Here, the fortress, castle, administrators, pledge-holders and other stories from the lordship’s history come together.
Bailiffs of the Lordship of Bredevoort
Bastion Onversaegt (Izerman)
Bastion Ossenkop
Bastion Stoltenborg
Bastion Treurniet (Kruittoren)
Bastion Vreesniet
Bastion Welgemoed
Borgmannen and the Origins of Bredevoort
Bredevoort, Pledged City of the House of Orange
Bredevoort and the House of Orange (1612–1795)
Bredevoort Castle
Bredevoort Gunpowder Tower Disaster
Bredevoort in the Disaster Year 1672
Capture of Bredevoort (1572)
De Halve Maone
Farmers and Serfdom in the Lordship of Bredevoort
Farmers and Townspeople during the Eighty Years’ War
Forced Contributions in Aalten
Fortified Town Bredevoort
From Lordship to District of Bredevoort (1795–1811)
From mairie to municipality of Aalten (1811–1818)
Gatekeeper Regulations Bredevoort 1726
