Spain 1584–1668 France 1668–1713 Dutch Republic 1713–c. 1750 Austria c. 1750–1781
Site history
Built
1584
Materials
Earth and brick
Battles/wars
Nine Years' War (1695) War of Spanish Succession (1712) War of Austrian Succession (1744)
Fort Knokke or Fort de Cnocke or Fort de la Knocque or Fort de Knocke was an important fortification that defended western Flanders from the 1580s until it was demolished in the 1780s. During its 200 year history, the place was held by the Spanish Empire, Kingdom of France, Habsburg Austria and the Dutch Republic. The existing defenses were improved in 1678 by the famous military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. The fort was attacked by the Grand Alliance in 1695 during the Nine Years' War but the French garrison successfully held out. It was captured from the French by a ruse in 1712 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Control of the fort and other strong places in the Austrian Netherlands was a key feature of the so-called Barrier Treaty in 1713. The French captured the fort after a two-month siege in 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession. Emperor Joseph II had the citadel demolished in 1781. The site is on the Yser River about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of Diksmuide, Belgium.
FortKnokke or Fort de Cnocke or Fort de la Knocque or Fort de Knocke was an important fortification that defended western Flanders from the 1580s until...
West Flanders and flows via the city of Ypres (Ieper) into the Yser at FortKnokke. The river is 17 kilometres (11 mi) long. Its name is derived from iep...
Bavaria became the first non-Habsburg Emperor in over 300 years. Veurne Knokke Ypres Menen Tournai Mons Dendermonde Namur Britain is usually seen as the...
border of the French empire. Fortifications were built again, such as FortKnokke. After the Treaty of Utrecht, the area belonged to the Austrian Netherlands...
Territorial divisions took over the defence of the front line south of FortKnokke from the Sixth Division, which was moved to the Yser Front. On 21 October...
War and took part in the capture of Huy in autumn 1694, the attack of FortKnokke in June 1695 and the Siege of Namur in summer 1695 before returning home...
1693 for service in the Nine Years' War and took part in the attack of FortKnokke in June 1695 and the siege of Namur in summer 1695 before returning home...
and the building was used from then on as a prison. Chavonnes Battery FortKnokke Imhoff Battery Heeren Hendriks Kinderen Battery Elisabeth Battery Helena...
August and Derwent to Stoffberg on 14 November. New lines opened: Cape – FortKnokke to Woltemade no. 1 on 14 April, Koopmansfontein to Postmasburg on 1 November...
Zwin in Knokke and the Nortsea, ran past the village. Old Zwin silted up, replaced by a canal constructed by the order of Napoleon and two forts were built...
Switzerland and Weil am Rhein, Germany and Saint Louis, France Knokke and Heist-aan-Zee. United into Knokke-Heist, Belgium. Gradec and Kaptol. United into Zagreb...
between Knokke and De Panne via Ostend) features also some vehicles of the once extensive interurban network stored in the depot of De Panne and Knokke operated...
Veurne Knokke Ypres Menen Tournai Mons Dendermonde Namur The Barrier Treaties (Dutch: Barrièretraktaat/Barrièreverdrag; French: traités de la Barrière)...
(id=9868) Corneille Heymans March 28, 1892 Ghent, Belgium July 18, 1968 Knokke, Belgium 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940 Won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
line 50A. The Coast Tram connects Ostend with De Panne to the south and Knokke-Heist in the north. Ostend formerly had busy ferry routes to Dover and Ramsgate...
Tour WTA Düsseldorf Open 1973 Düsseldorf Clay WTA Tour WTA Knokke-Heist 1999 2002 Knokke (1999–2001) Brussels (2002) Clay WTA Tour WTA Montreal 1978...
IC trains between Genk and Knokke or Blankenberge (IC 1527–1542) used to be divided in Bruges, the front part went to Knokke (IC 1627–1642) while the rest...
fortress Fort Frederik Hendrik. Operation Switchback ended on November 3 when the First Canadian Army liberated the Belgian towns of Knokke and Zeebrugge...
between the tram line from Breskens to Maldeghem and the Belgian tram line to Knokke. The tram lines closed in 1939 and 1948 respectively. Retranchement was...
merged in 1975 Knokke-Heist is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns Knokke and Heist-aan-Zee...
arrive" by Roméo Elvis featuring Caballero "Bruxelles je t'aime" by Angèle "Knokke-le-Zoute Tango" by Jacques Brel "Jacky" by Jacques Brel "Il neige sur Liège"...
Global Information
Spain 1584–1668
France 1668–1713
Dutch Republic 1713–c. 1750
Austria c. 1750–1781