Four Centuries of Military Inundations

''S-Hertogenbosch and its surrounding area have frequently been battlegrounds over the centuries, and the water played an important role in it without exception, but what exactly did that role look like? This book, based on years of exhaustive archival research, gives us good insight for the first time into the complicated water management in relation to city defense and to other struggles in this region. All that in no less than four centuries. The book which sheds new light on the creation of the landscape around 's-Hertogenbosch and the role of fortress, rivers and polders in the turbulent military history of this area. It teaches us to understand that history better. This subject does not have such a detailed picture for any other area in the Netherlands.

Studio Marco Vermeulen supported this research by literally adding image to the word. On the basis of historical maps and the archive research done by the Circle of Friends of 's-Hertogenbosch, we were able to accurately record how the inundation of the surrounding area came about, which water management objects were required for this and what the size was and was the result of the actual inundation. In addition, by designing and illustrating the book, this historical research has come together to become a true public-friendly reference work on the history of 's-Hertogenbosch and its surroundings.

[b] The book can be ordered from the Circle of Friends of 's-Hertogenbosch. b