Lammenschans

Scene of the Leiden rescue on 2-3 Oktober 1574, showing Leiden on the left and fort Lammen to the right of it with the flooded fields with rebel fleet that rowed up from Delft (center) and Rotterdam (above right)
Same scene with Leiden upper right and the Blochhauss de Lame just below it on the Vliet

Lammenschans refers to a former fort located in Leiden along the Vliet. Today the Leiden Lammenschans railway station is located there. According to local legend, a large Spanish cooking pot filled with hutspot was found there on 3 Oktober 1574 by Cornelis Joppenszoon after the Spanish forces fled at the conclusion of the Siege of Leiden. Later historians have concluded that this pot, which today is in the collection of the Museum De Lakenhal, was actually found by Gijsbert Cornelisz. Schaeck and was engraved with the story by his son in the 17th-century.[1][2] A statue of Cornelis Joppensz with his pot can be seen at the train station today. The Leiden rescue, or Leiden Ontzet is celebrated each year in Leiden on October 3rd.

History

After 1574, the Lammen fort was eventually dismantled when the city of Leiden expanded its borders. Period drawings show that all that remained was the raised ground which had formed the basis for a fortified position.

References

  1. ↑ Over de kookpot article 30-6-2011 in the Leidsch Dagblad
  2. ↑ Leidse Canon

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