Fort Willem Hendrick

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Dutch colonial fort colonial fort fort military fortification

Fort Willem Hendrick was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification in what is now Lower Manhattan, serving as a key military and administrative center of New Netherland.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort George	1
Fort Prinsensten	1
Fort Willem Hendrick canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch colonial fort ⓘ colonial fort ⓘ fort ⓘ military fortification ⓘ
associatedWith	Dutch colonial administration in North America ⓘ
category	Dutch colonial architecture in the United States ⓘ Former buildings and structures in Manhattan ⓘ Forts in Manhattan ⓘ New Netherland ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Dutch Republic ⓘ
era	Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
functionedAs	key administrative center of New Netherland ⓘ key military center of New Netherland ⓘ
garrisonedBy	Dutch soldiers ⓘ colonial militia ⓘ
governedFrom	New Amsterdam ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions ⓘ cannon emplacements ⓘ ramparts ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New Amsterdam ⓘ New Netherland ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedNear	East River ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor southern tip of Manhattan Island ⓘ
material	earthworks ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	William I, Prince of Orange ⓘ surface form: Willem Hendrik, Prince of Orange William III of England ⓘ surface form: William III of Orange
operatedBy	Dutch West India Company ⓘ
operator	Dutch colonial authorities ⓘ
partOf	New Netherland ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of access to New Amsterdam harbor ⓘ defense of Dutch colonial interests in North America ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ
usedFor	administration ⓘ colonial government ⓘ military defense ⓘ protection of harbor ⓘ protection of settlement ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Amsterdam → renamedAs → Fort Willem Hendrick ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort George

Danish colonial empire → hasPart → Fort Willem Hendrick ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Prinsensten