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Brielle was liberated from the Spaniards by the 'Watergeuzen' (Sea Beggars) on 1 April 1572.
It was an important moment in the course of the Eighty Years' War and it meant that Brielle was the first free town in the Netherlands. The local population celebrates that historic fact every year on 1 April.
Het Kruithuisje op Bastion II van de vestingwallen, stamt uit 1633. Dit magazijn herinnert aan het Brielse garnizoensverleden. Het staat, omgeven door een kleine gracht, op het Kruithuisbolwerk, een van de negen bastions die de Brielse vesting telt. Het bevatte vroeger het kruit voor de kanonnen en geweren.
De Grote of Sint-Catharijnekerk is de hoofdkerk van de Zuid-Hollandse vestingstad Brielle. De kerk was in opzet het grootste kerkgebouw van Holland, maar is nooit voltooid. De bouw begon in 1417. In 1456 was er een grote brand en in 1482 raakte het geld op en werd de bouw gestaakt. Alleen het driebeukige schip van de kruisbasiliek en de ingebouwde toren waren toen voltooid.
In 1572 werden de beelden en altaren door de watergeuzen geroofd of vernield. In het kader van de Reformatie werd de kerk de katholieke parochie ontnomen en beschikbaar gesteld voor de protestantse eredienst.
In de kerk is Willem van Oranje op 12 juni 1575 getrouwd met zijn derde vrouw Charlotte van Bourbon. Een gebrandschilderd raam, het zogenaamde Oranjeraam, herinnert aan dit huwelijk.
Brielle is a very old, fortified city. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the Voorne-Putten Island. It received city rights in 1306. The city was for a long time the seat of the Count of Voorne, until this fiefdom was added to Holland in 1371. It had its own harbour and traded with the countries around the Baltic Sea. Brielle even had its own trading colony in Sweden.
During the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands. This event is still celebrated each year on April 1 and the night before (known as Chalk Night (kalknacht) when the city is defaced with chalk - and now also white paint). [Wikipedia]
Brielle is a very old, fortified city. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the Voorne-Putten Island. It received city rights in 1306. The city was for a long time the seat of the Count of Voorne, until this fiefdom was added to Holland in 1371. It had its own harbour and traded with the countries around the Baltic Sea. Brielle even had its own trading colony in Sweden.
During the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands. This event is still celebrated each year on April 1 and the night before (known as Chalk Night (kalknacht) when the city is defaced with chalk - and now also white paint). [Wikipedia]
The Capture of Brielle by the Watergeuzen, on 1 April 1572 marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War. Militarily the success was minor as the port of Brielle was undefended, but it provided the first foothold on land for the rebels at a time when the rebellion was all but crushed, and it offered the sign for a new revolt throughout the Netherlands which led to the formation of the Dutch Republic. This event is every year re-enacted on April 1.
Brielle is a very old, fortified city. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the Voorne-Putten Island. It received city rights in 1306. The city was for a long time the seat of the Count of Voorne, until this fiefdom was added to Holland in 1371. It had its own harbour and traded with the countries around the Baltic Sea. Brielle even had its own trading colony in Sweden.
During the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands. This event is still celebrated each year on April 1 and the night before (known as Chalk Night (kalknacht) when the city is defaced with chalk - and now also white paint). [Wikipedia]
The white house on the right side is registered as a national heritage site (rijksmonument). The smaller white house as well.
Brielle is a very old, fortified city. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the Voorne-Putten Island. It received city rights in 1306. The city was for a long time the seat of the Count of Voorne, until this fiefdom was added to Holland in 1371. It had its own harbour and traded with the countries around the Baltic Sea. Brielle even had its own trading colony in Sweden.
During the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands. This event is still celebrated each year on April 1 and the night before (known as Chalk Night (kalknacht) when the city is defaced with chalk - and now also white paint). [Wikipedia]
Sloop shed
The sloop shed in Brielle is a shed at the Maarland Noordzijde. It was built in 1886 by order of the Genie 3rd Commandement in Brielle, for a detachment of the Torpedo Company that had been stationed in the city since 1870.
The three-aisled shed has characteristics of eclecticism and was designed by engineer G.J. Blue and P.C.B. designed by Marle. [Wikipedia]
Powder house
The Gunpowder House on Bastion II of the ramparts, near the mill, dates from 1633. This warehouse is reminiscent of the Briel garrison past.
It is located, surrounded by a small moat, on the Kruithuisbolwerk, one of the nine bastions that make up the Brielle fortress. It used to contain the gunpowder for the cannons and rifles.
In RTM-bus 82, alias ZWN 4039 (NS-nummering), alias Bontbekplevier, een Leyland/Verheul uit 1966, wacht de chauffeur op zijn vertrektijd op het busstation Brielle. De foto is van eind jaren '70, maar het houten gebouw staat er nog steeds, met een Chinees restaurant erin
The driver of a 1966 Leyland bus, bodied by Verheul, awaits his departure time at the former steam tramway station of regional operator RTM in Brielle, southwest of Rotterdam. The photo was taken in the late 1970s but the wooden building is still standing today, with a Chinese restaurant in it
De Brielse 1 April Vereniging liet in 1978 en 1979 een kopie maken van een geuzenschip dat deelnam aan de inname van Den Briel op 1 april 1572.
....A mist is hanging gently on the lake...
Lou reed / "My house" from the album "The blue mask". Except from some mist it has further on nothing to do with this image. But it's one of my favourite songs. Always in my mind when I am in the mist. Just because of the few lyrics.
Brielle is a very old, fortified town. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the Voorne-Putten Island. It grew into a town of prestige in the 14th century. In 1330, Gerard van Voorne, independent Lord of Voorne and Viscount of Zeeland, granted town rights to Brielle. This gave the town governmental and jurisdictional powers and certain trading rights, such as the right to trade fish and collect port taxes.
This panorama is made out of 2 drone captures sticked to each other.
De Sint-Catharijnekerk, ook wel de ‘Brielse Dom’ genoemd, is dé blikvanger van Brielle. Indrukwekkend zijn de pijlers, grafzerken en monumenten, maar ook de vier gebrandschilderde ramen. De toren is 57 meter hoog en te beklimmen.
This car participated in the 1986 Camel Trophy Australia.
Malaysian drivers Zaini Shaarani and Tang Fook Leong drove the 3218 kms from Cooktown (Queensland) to Darwin (Northern Territory) in 13 days.
Brielle, the Netherlands.
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Explore December 23, 2025 #8
De oude Hervormde kerk van Monster was oorspronkelijk ook gewijd aan Machutus en er werden enkele relieken van hem bewaard. Tijdens de reformatie ging deze kerk over naar de protestanten. De laatste pastoor en de kapelaan van de oude Machutuskerk werden in 1572 in Den Briel vermoord en horen bij de Martelaren van Gorcum. Pas rond 1775 werd een schuilkerk gebouwd. In 1790 werd een bijkerk gebouwd en in 1803 werd de statie Monster opgericht. De huidige kerk werd in 1828-1831 gebouwd. Dit is de enige kerk in Nederland die aan Machutus is gewijd.
beeld Stephen Louis Veneman beeldhouwer en architect. bron wikipedia