List of areas in the Dutch Republic destroyed or damaged during the Franco-Dutch War

This is an incomplete list of Dutch Republic villages, country houses and castles, that were destroyed or seriously damaged by French troops in 1672/1673 during the Rampjaar (Disaster Year)Panhuysen, Luc: Rampjaar 1672. Hoe de Republiek aan de ondergang ontsnapte, Olympus, 2019.historischnieuwsblad.nl Luc Panhuysen: Historisch Nieuwsblad 3/2006. Het rampjaar 1672. Op alles leek het woord ‘verraad’ van toepassing, 2006. Consulted on 16 November 2020. in the Franco-Dutch War. In this Guerre de Hollande the strategy of the troops of the French king Louis XIV was "to burn as much as possible. You should burn down entire villages", wrote the French army general Louvois to his intendant.Mansel 2019, p. 226, 229-230. However, Louis, Grand Condé warned King Louis XIV for the "brutal disgust we have brought upon ourselves" by the actions of French troops in the Netherlands. Some castles have disappeared completely,van Nimwegen 2019, p. 83. "Lodewijk XIV zelf kan het bloedbad in de Hollandse dorpen niet worden aangerekend. Anders ligt dit echter bij de stelselmatige verwoesting van landhuizen, landstreken en zelfs steden waartoe de Zonnekoning gericht opdracht gaf." Translation: "Louis XIV himself cannot be blamed for the massacre in the Dutch villages. The situation is different, however, with the systematic destruction of manors, regions and even cities, directed by the Sun King. " others are still there as a ruin or were rebuilt and still exist in some later version. However, Valkenburg Castle in Valkenburg aan de Geul was not destroyed by French troops but was blown up by stadholder William III after he had expelled the French troops in 1672,Blankenberg and Taselaar 1983, p. 274: "In 1672 werd hij [Kasteel Valkenburg] door troepen van stadhouder Willem III verwoest, nadat deze het kasteel op de Fransen hadden heroverd." to prevent a repeat occupation by the French. It was never rebuilt.

Destroyed or damaged villages In 1672/1673 French troops damaged and destroyed not only castles, but also villages, which were depicted by Isaac Sorious in 1672-1676 in a thematic series of etchings: Abcoude was burned on 6 November 1672.Panhuysen 2019, p. 304Klok 1977, p. 184: "De Fransen hadden op 6 november 1672 reeds het dorp Abcoude in brand gestoken en kwamen op 30 november terug". Klok cites an unspecified description by "Mr. Breuninghoff, around 1860 head schoolmaster of Abcoude":.. om het nog staande gedeelte in de asch te leggen, bood de bezetting van het slot, die inmiddels versterking bekomen had, zoo veel tegenweer, dat de vijand genoodzaakt was, met achterlating van verscheidene gevangenen, onverrichter zake terug te keeren." Etching by Isaac Sorious: Abcoude, verwoest door de Fransen in 1672, 1672 - 1676, Rijksmuseum.www.rijksmuseum.nl Isaac Sorious. Consulted on 4 November 2020. Breukelen was destroyed in 1672.Blankenberg and Taselaar 1983, p. 137 Bodegraven was razed to the groundOp de Beeck 2018, p.232. Bodegraven and Zwammerdam were razed to the ground.In Bodegraven and Zwammerdam 2000 houses were ... set on fire with the inhabitants still within. Mansel 2019, p. 230 and the population was killed.van Nimwegen 2019, p.81-82 Harmelen, the church was destroyed in 1672 by French troops.Jaap Renaud: Harmelen, in Olde Meierink, Ben et al., 1995, p. 237-241 on p. 238. NaardenDe Rijk 1967, p. 212 Nigtevecht, also Nichtevecht, was destroyed nearly completely on 21 April 1673,The 13th-century church was largely destroyed by French troops. After being rebuilt the church was reopened in 1677. Munnig Schmidt and Lisman 1993, p. 200 leaving only a stump.. of the church tower and the house of the schoolmaster.www.kerknigtevecht.nl Geschiedenis Hervormde kerk. De grote brand in 1673. Consulted on 14 November 2020.Destroyed by 600 French troops, leaving only the house of the schoolmaster intact, now near the Dutch Protestant church. Munnig-Schmidt 2012, p. 149 Etching by Isaac Sorious: Nigtevecht, verwoest door de Fransen in 1672, 1672 - 1676, Rijksmuseum. Overmeer near Nederhorst den Berg. Etching by Isaac Sorious: Overmeer, verwoest door de Fransen in 1672, 1672 - 1676, Rijksmuseum.Tobias van Domselaer, Romeyn de Hooghe et al.: Het ontroerde Nederlandt door de wapenen des konings van Vrankryk, dat is Een waarachtigh verhaal van den Fransen, Engelsen, Keulsen en Munstersen oorlogh, tegen de Vereenigde Nederlanden, met desselfs binnelandtse beroerten, daer in naukeuriglijk alle der zelver voorvallen worden verhandelt, Markus Willemsz. Doornik, Amsterdam, 1674, 1676 Vreeswijk was damaged two times with a short interval in early October 1672 and the church was destroyed.There was a French fortification with an inner and an outer wall and a palissade on formerly ... unbroken ground tevoren onbebouwd ground, which in 2002 was called Raadhuisplein. Fafiani 2002 p. 45 Etching by Isaac Sorious: Vreeswyk of de Vaart by Vianen, verwoeste brug en gebouwen, 1672 - 1676, Rijksmuseum. Waverveen was destroyed. Etching by Isaac Sorious: Waverveen, verwoest door de Fransen in 1672, 1672 - 1676, Rijksmuseum. IJsselstein was burned partially by the French in 1672.Blankenberg and Taselaar 1983, p. 158 Zwammerdam was totally destroyed and its population killed.

Country houses and castles damaged or destroyed in 1672-1673 by French troops Alphabetically by Dutch municipality:

A Amerongen Amerongen Castle, Kasteel Amerongen. In February 1673 the castle was set on fire with fagots by French troops. It burned for two days.Marieke Knuijt: Amerongen, in Olde Meierink, Ben et al., 1995, p. 14-119, on p. 117.www.kasteleninnederland.nl Amerongen. Consulted on 10 November 2020.www.kasteelamerongen.nl Het kasteel - De geschiedenis van het ‘Huys’ in het kort. Consulted on 4 November 2020.The castle was lit by putting straw fagots against it, which local farmers had to supply to the French troops. The castle burned for two days. Panhuysen 2019, p. 306.Blankenberg and Taselaar 1983, p. 133kasteleninutrecht.eu Amerongen. Consulted on 14 November 2020. Ontleend aan Ben Olde Meijering (red.): Kastelen en ridderhofsteden in Utrecht, 1995van Nimwegen 2019, p.83. Destroyed by special order of Louis XIV, who suspected the owner Van Reede of inciting German and Nordic princes against France. ? Rodestein or Royestein between Huis Amerongen and Wayestein, was destroyed in 1672 by the French according to van der AaA. A. van der Aa, Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden IX, Gorinchem 1847, p. 575. but this is disputed.Appendix, in Olde Meierink, Ben et al., 1995, p. 536. Appeltern (w:nl:Huis Appeltern in Dutch) was largely destroyed in 1672 by French troops and rebuilt later on.Wilfried Ahoud: Appeltern, in Jas, J., Keverling Buisman, F., Storms-Smeets, E., te Stroete, A., Wingens, M.: Kastelen in Gelderland, Uitgeverij Matrijs, 2013, , p. 478-479. Asperen, Wadestein was destroyed by French troops in 1672.Jas et al., 2013, p. 274.

B Baambrugge, Rijksstraatweg 147, Valckenheining (Valck en Heining) on Angstel River. The French destroyed in 1672 at least one of the homesteads of the Valckenier family, according to the book Het ontroerde Nederlandt (1674). The family built Valckenheining on the location of the former homestead. Balgoij, Huis Balgoij, gemeente Wijchen. French troops destroyed this house in 1672, leaving still extant remains underground.Wim Kattenberg: Balgoij, in Jas et al. 2013, p. 499 Brakel, w:nl:Kasteel Brakel (in Dutch), blown up on 11 September 1672 by French troops after non-payment of the levy under threat of fire and was never rebuilt, a ruin.monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl Complexnummer: 528825. Quote from the file "complex (pdf)": The end came in 1672 when French troops blew the castle up for non-payment of the levy under threat of fire. It was never rebuilt. Consulted on 14 November 2020.Jas, J., Kastelen in Gelderland, p. 104-105, 506 Breukelen Aastein was destroyed by the French in 1672. Aastein was located near the farmhouse Uilenvlucht and is sometimes mistaken for the homesteads Huis Ter Aa and Over de Aa (Clarenborg), both in Breukelen.Jaap Renaud, Jan H. Huiting en Ben Olde Meierink: Aastein, in Olde Meierink, Ben et al., 1995, p. 92-95www.kasteleninnederland.nl Aastein / Ter AaTaco Hermans: Middeleeuwse woontorens in Nederland. De bouwhistorische benadering van een kasteelvorm, 2016, p. 13-15 Gunterstein Castle, Slot te Breukelen, burned and blown up on 12 September 1673.In 1673 blown up by the French. Blankenberg and Taselaar 1983, p. 138On departure the French set the castle on fire and blew up the castle tower leaving a ruin, but in 1680-1681 the castle was rebuilt. Munnig Schmidt and Lisman 1993, p. 13-14 en 96After recapture of Naarden by Dutch Staatse troops, the French demolished Gunterstein leaving a ruin. Kees Hensbergen: Gunterstein, in Olde Meierink, Ben et al., 1995, p. 212-217, on p. 213.Munnig Schmidt and Jonker-Duynstee 2012, p. 58Craandijk 1883, p. 117De Rijk 1967, p. 205 w:nl:Kasteel Nijenrode (in Dutch), Huis Nyenrode, (largely) destroyed on 6 and 7 September 1673. The French headquarters was established here and farmers had to pull over a stone wall for protection of the castle.On 7 September 1673 it was blown up using mines with gun powder, and the trees were axed. Craandijk 1883, p. 110De Rijk 1967, p. 204Munnig Schmidt and Lisman 1993, p. 13 and 86: Swiss mercenaries in French service burned Kasteel Nijenrode down on 7 September 1673.Swiss troops employed by the French blew up the high tower on 6 September 1673 and set fire to the other parts of the castle, which was largely burnt down as a result. Taco Hermans: Nijenrode, in Olde Meierink, Ben et al., 1995, p. 341-346, on p. 342.Munnig Schmidt and Jonker-Duynstee 2012, p. 63 Etching by Isaac Sorious: Huis te Nieuwenrode, verwoest door de Fransen in 1672. w:nl:Queekhoven (in Dutch), Zandpad 51, was destroyed in 1672, and was rebuilt later.Blankenberg and Taselaar 1983, p. 138Munnig Schmidt and Lisman 1993, p. 102Munnig Schmidt and Jonker-Duynstee 2012, p. 86kasteleninutrecht.eu Queekhoven. Consulted on 14 November 2020. w:nl:Kasteel Ruwiel (in Dutch), Ruwiel Castle, a former castle in Oud-Aa to the north west of Breukelen, was destroyed by French troops on 21 July 1673.Jaap Renaud: Ruwiel, in Olde Meierink, Ben et al., 1995, p. 381-384, on p. 382.www.kasteleninnederland.nl Ruwiel. Consulted on 4 November 2020.www.kasteleninutrecht.eu Ruwiel. Consulted on 4 November 2020.A.A. Manten: De laatste eeuw van kasteel Ruwiel, in: Tijdschrift van de Historische Kring Breukelen, jrg 6, nr. 4, 1991, blz. 188 - 199, on p. 197, refer to dspace.library.uu.nl Utrecht University Repository Tijdschrift / Historische Kring Breukelen THKB_1991-04-1.pdf. Consulted on 21 November 2020.Munnig Schmidt and Lisman 1993, p. 82 Vecht en Dam was destroyed in 1672/1673.Munnig Schmidt and Jonker-Duynstee 2012, p. 69 Vegtvliet or Vechtvliet, Rijksstraatweg 220, owned by the Amsterdam merchant Willem van den Broeck, when the French left in 1673The name Vegtvliet or Vechtvliet was only used after 1700. Munnig Schmidt and Lisman 1993, p. 13 en 110.Vegtvliet werd "lelijk toegetakeld" (was badly damaged), Munnig Schmidt and Jonker-Duynstee 2012, p. 75. Etching by J. Sorious Het huis van de Heer vanden Broek, verwoest door de Fransen in 1672 in part II of Het ontroerde Nederlandt (1676). Voortwijk was burned by the French in 1672.Craandijk 1883, p. 120 w:nl:Vreedenoord (in Dutch) or Vredenoord, Straatweg 68. A farmhouse was set on fire in 1672 by the French. At the same location Vredenoord was erected.Munnig Schmidt and Lisman 1993, p. 88 Bunnik: w:nl:Nieuw-Amelisweerd (in Dutch) was destroyed.,Wilmer 1982, p. 85 but was still in existence in 1674 after the French occupationReinder Haakstra: Nieuw-Amelisweerd, in Olde Meierink, Ben et al., 1995, p. 108-113, on p. 112