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18-461: The Dutch Fortress Museum (Nederlands Vestingmuseum) is located in the city of Naarden , the Netherlands. The museum was established by volunteers in 1955 at bastion Turfpoort, one of six bastions that give the walled city its distinctive star shape. (During World War II, allied bombers returning to Great Britain from bombing missions used it as a marker.) The fortifications themselves, including

36-625: A French garrison as a bakery, turning out over 1000 loaves per day. From 1967 until 1992 it served as the Comenius museum. Today, the historic building serves as the Weegschaal Museum. John Amos Comenius is buried in a mausoleum on Klooster straat. This receives many visitors from the Czech Republic , where he was born. Comenius is known as the inventor of our school system with grades and different classes. The nearest station

54-462: A rallying point for Allied bombers returning to England after raids on Germany. Naarden was a separate municipality until 2015. On 1 January 2016, the municipality of Naarden merged with Muiden and Bussum to form the new municipality of Gooise Meren . The company Stork B.V. had its head office in Naarden. The city of Naarden is located in the municipality of Gooise Meren in the west of

72-421: A recent restoration. The church is the venue for a number of cultural activities such as organ music nights and the bi-annual Naarden Photo festival. The Spanish House ( Spaanse Huis ), situated at Turfpoortstraat 27, was originally a church building converted to house migrants. In 1572 Spanish troops conducted a massacre of some 700 inhabitants who had gathered to hear a peace proposal. The Spanish then fired on

90-656: A textile industry. In 1572, the city was sacked and burnt down, and only 60 people survived the Massacre of Naarden . The massacre was committed by Spanish soldiers against the townspeople of Naarden as part of a punitive expedition against Dutch rebels later known as the Spanish Fury . The destruction of the city galvanized the Dutch rebels, leading them to continue the Dutch War of Independence against Spain. Naarden

108-639: A theatre and a library. In 1954 Stork merged with Werkspoor , founded in 1827. In 1996 Stork acquired the healthy parts of Fokker , creating a new division. By 2007 Stork had four divisions: The company agreed to a €1.5 billion takeover by a consortium led by the British buyout firm Candover on 28 November 2007. As part of the deal, Stork's food systems unit was sold on in May 2008 to Marel Food Systems , an Icelandic firm controlled by Landsbanki Íslands and Eyrir Invest. The consortium delisted Stork from

126-526: A turnover of €1,089 million in 2007 with 9,320 employees. Stork Technical Services was sold by to the buyer American engineering and construction company, paid 260.2 Million euro. After the deal, Fluor joined its own Operations & Maintenance division of 4000 employees with Stork. The enlarged Stork will then have 19,000 employees and a turnover of 2,1 billion euro. In 1865, Stork was founded by Charles Theodorus Stork, in Borne, where it produced machinery for

144-590: Is Naarden-Bussum railway station , which has services to Almere , Amersfoort , Amsterdam and Utrecht . Islands: Stork B.V. Stork B.V. is a Dutch manufacturing and services company with headquarters in Utrecht . Stork Technical Services is a supplier of integrated technical services for installations and machines in the industrial market. The group, which consists of the Industry Services and Industry Specialists strategic units, achieved

162-527: Is an example of a star fort , complete with fortified walls and a moat . The moat and walls have been restored on numerous occasions, most notably during the French era (1795-1814). After the Battle of Leipzig (1813) , the Netherlands were liberated by an allied force of Dutch, Prussian and Russian armies. During this period, Naarden was besieged for months since the French commander didn't believe that Napoleon

180-749: The Netherlands . It is situated in the Gooi region in the southeast of the province of North Holland . Naarden is the home of the Dutch Fortress Museum ( Nederlands Vestingmuseum ). Naarden hosts the bi-annual Naarden Photo Festival and, on Good Friday , a performance of Bach 's St. Matthew Passion in the local church, which is called the Great Church or St. Vitus Church. The Great Church ( Grote Kerk ) in Marktstraat dates from

198-651: The 15th century. Prior to the Protestant Reformation it was named for St. Vitus . It is one of the oldest surviving churches in The Netherlands, having had the good fortune to survive the Spanish invasion of 1572 and the subsequent burning of the town. The church has numerous wooden vaults painted with scenes from the Old and New Testaments . These were hidden for many years and only rediscovered in

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216-410: The assembled citizens, and went on to set fire to the town. A plaque above the lintel of the door and below the eaves commemorates the massacre. In 1615, after the population had reestablished itself, they built the city hall on the site. Part of the building was given over to De Waag (The Scales House), the municipal office entrusted with the verification of weights and measures. The building later served

234-540: The bastions, date from the period 1575–1585, when King Philip II of Spain ordered them to be constructed. The museum includes exhibits on the history of fortification, garrison life, the Dutch Water Line , and the history of the city of Naarden-Vesting. The exhibits are housed in rooms in four casemates ; because the casemates consist of a thick layer of earth, temperatures in the rooms are relatively stable, being warm in winter and cool in summer. Above ground,

252-426: The city walls near the narrow base of the arrow head contained guns that permitted the defenders to fire along the main moat. In the area by the lower right-hand flank of the bastion there is a gunpowder testing pole, which gunners in the 17th and 18th centuries used to test the quality of the gunpowder they received. To the right side of the bastion there is a water postern. Next to it is the bastion's power room. Near

270-483: The emerging textile industry in the region. In 1868 Stork moved to Hengelo, and diversified its production, including steam engines for factories, ships and pumping stations, as well as machinery for the sugar industry. The factory grew steadily, and also started to build housing accommodation for its employees, Tuindorp 't Lansink (1910s), besides investing in public buildings and cultural organizations in Hengelo, such as

288-619: The museum also contains a collection of guns from the 19th century. The museum is open all year round from Tuesday through to Sunday. The museum is open on all public holidays except Christmas, New Years Day and King's Day (27 April). A museum boat conducts tours on the easterly side of the moat from April to October. The boat leaves from a jetty by the water postern . On the third Sunday of every month, they host their Canonneers Day event where they fire their 1810 cannons. The bastion has an arrow-head shape with five points. The walls consist of two meters of layers of brick. Casemates built into

306-463: The tip of the bastion there is a mortar casemate with quarters for officers and soldiers and is home to a replica 29 cm mortar. 52°17′36″N 5°9′36″E  /  52.29333°N 5.16000°E  / 52.29333; 5.16000 Naarden Naarden was granted its city rights in 1300 (the only town in the Gooi with these rights) and later developed into a fortified garrison town with

324-447: Was captured. In May 1814, the French soldiers left the city in a retreat with honour (see Siege of Naarden (1813–1814) . John Amos Comenius , 17th century Moravian born Czech educator was buried in the city, and his mausoleum is open to visitors. Despite its earlier importance, Naarden's population was surpassed by Hilversum in the 18th century and today it is smaller than its neighbour Bussum . The city's distinctive shape made it

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