Militair wachtgebouw, Kleizuwe Kortenhoef (Wijdemeren 27)

English translation

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Description

Cluster 13. Guard Building with Powder Magazine.

NEW HOLLAND WATERLINE

Introduction

GUARD BUILDING WITH POWDER MAGAZINE (building B) as a bombproof shelter with storage place for gunpowder from 1880. Bombproof structures of this type and from this period are provided on various sides and on top with an earth covering. A guard building is a defensible shelter with provisions for personnel and their equipment. 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 resist attacks. Reinforcement of masonry, application of shock-absorbing masonry systems (among other things by means of arches), shallow angles of inclination and curved or pointed forms, use of concrete - and later reinforced concrete - in increasingly heavy execution, was one of the ways to make the fortifications resistant to increasing attack force. Furthermore, the application of earth coverings had proved to be a good means of absorbing or dampening energy. This is the reason why many masonry or concrete works were provided with an earth layer or front protection of sand or earth. Depending on the period of origin - and thus the expected impact force of projectiles - the term 'bombproof buildings' was used, when they were deemed capable of withstanding a predefined number of impacts from heavy calibre.

Description

GUARD BUILDING WITH POWDER MAGAZINE, located at the entrance on the northwest side of Fort Kijkuit. The structure is characterized by a bayonet-shaped, virtually right-angled bent, brick facade in which some arched facade openings with doors, windows and shutters. In the facade left of the bend "Kijkuit" and to the right of this "1880". The guard building with powder magazine is as a bombproof structure covered on three sides and on top with an earth layer. The guard building was the successor to the guardhouse rebuilt in 1880, while the adjoining powder magazine was used as storage for gunpowder and possibly other explosives. Interior with arched rooms and passages with wooden doors.

The GUARD BUILDING WITH POWDER MAGAZINE of Fort Kijkuit is of general importance because of:

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

* Architectural-historical values, in particular as an expression of military-strategic building, which is based on:

a. the system of inundation and access defence (19th century),

b. the race with increasingly strengthening offensive means (19th century).

This concerns here a component from approximately 1880, namely an example of a brick, bombproof guard building with powder magazine, that came about in a rarely occurring form.

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

* The component is representative (characteristic) and relatively rare because it in appearance shows the characteristics that emphasize the then combined defensive and storage function.

* The component is well preserved because the structure in main form and detailing still shows its functions and its particular development.