Fort, vesting en -onderdelen, Budapestlaan bij 17

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Description

Cluster 39.

Introduction

BOMB-PROOF REMISE D is a type of bomb-proof storage facility for artillery, ammunition or other items that is provided with an earth covering on three sides and on top and that has only a façade on the gorge side. With the increase in the range of artillery, the force of projectile impacts and the explosive power of (brisant) grenades, it became increasingly difficult to withstand siege artillery. Reinforcement of masonry, application of shock-absorbing masonry systems (amongst others by means of arches), shallow angles of inclination and curved or pointed forms, use of concrete - and later of reinforced concrete - in increasingly heavy execution, was one of the ways to keep the fortification works resistant to increasing attack force. Moreover, the application of earth coverings proved to be an effective means of absorbing or dampening energy. This is the reason why many masonry or concrete works are provided with an earth layer or a front protection of sand or earth. Depending on the period of construction - and thus on the expected impact force of projectiles - one spoke of 'bomb-proof buildings', when they were considered to be resistant to a previously defined number of impacts of a specific calibre. The remise is located to the right of the barracks on the site.

Description

Located south-east of the barracks, constructed of brick, BOMB-PROOF REMISE, dating from the construction period of the work. The remise has one storey: this only façade, facing the gorge side, slopes away on both sides. Centrally in the façade a wide, arched façade opening, partly filled in on left and right and provided with a new door, in front of which are a few steps; to the right of this an arched access opening. The remise is provided on three sides and on top with a thick earth covering so that the masonry was not exposed to direct hits.

Valuation

The BOMB-PROOF REMISE D is of general public interest because of:

* Cultural-historical values as part of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie as designed by C.R.T. Kraijenhoff and initially realised from 1815 by him, Jan Blanken and major-engineer Willem Offerhaus and subsequently reinforced and improved by others for approximately 125 years.

* Military-historical values as part of a continuous military defence line between the former Zuiderzee and the Biesbosch. This consisted mainly of a coherent system of inundation fields and associated inundation facilities and of firing fields. This system was supplemented with various types of built or constructed (defence) works dating from different periods that served to or contributed to the closure of terrain that could not be inundated or other accesses.

* Architectural-historical values in particular as an expression of military-strategic building practice, which is based on: - the system of inundation and access defence (nineteenth century), - the race with increasingly strengthening offensive means (nineteenth century).

This concerns a component from around 1879, which is an example of a bomb-proof building, that is covered on all sides - except the gorge side - by thick layers of earth.

* Ensemble value and situational values as part of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie and because of the functional and physical coherence with the other components of the complex.

* The component is representative (characteristic) because it is a good example of a one-storey, bomb-proof, brick remise from this period.