Groß Friedrichsburg

E953140

colonial settlement fort trading post

Groß Friedrichsburg was a 17th–18th century Brandenburg-Prussian fort and trading post on the West African coast that served as the main center of their short-lived colonial presence there.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Groß Friedrichsburg canonical	2
Fort Groß Friedrichsburg	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial settlement ⓘ fort ⓘ trading post ⓘ
abandoned	18th century ⓘ
builtFor	Brandenburg African Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Brandenburg-Prussian colonial trade ⓘ
completed	late 17th century ⓘ
constructedBy	Brandenburg African Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Brandenburg-Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
controlTransferred	1717 ⓘ
country	Brandenburg-Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentCondition	ruins ⓘ
dateSold	1717 ⓘ
functionedAs	main center of Brandenburg-Prussian colonial presence in West Africa ⓘ
garrisonedBy	African auxiliaries ⓘ Brandenburg-Prussian soldiers ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions ⓘ cannon emplacements ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ stone fortifications ⓘ warehouses ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic site ⓘ
inaugurated	1683 ⓘ
languageUsed	German ⓘ
locatedIn	Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Princess Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	West African coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
otherName	Fort Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Gross Friedrichsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	Brandenburg-Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Brandenburg Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Brandenburg-Prussian colonial empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
soldTo	Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch West India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
startConstruction	1683 ⓘ
usedFor	Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ administration of Brandenburg Gold Coast colony ⓘ gold trade ⓘ ivory trade ⓘ military defense ⓘ storage of goods ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Prussian Gold Coast → capital → Groß Friedrichsburg ⓘ

Prussian Gold Coast → mainSettlement → Groß Friedrichsburg ⓘ

Prussian Gold Coast → fortification → Groß Friedrichsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Groß Friedrichsburg