- Source: Defence lines of the Netherlands
Roman defense line
Upper German Limes Limes Germanicus
Pre-1874 defense lines
Circumvallatielinie van Groenlo
Frisian Water Line (Friese Waterlinie)
Groningse Waterlinie
Helperlinie
West Brabant waterline
Linie van Beverwijk
Linie van de Eems
Linie van de Eendracht
Linie van Noord-Holland
Oostfrontier
Hollandic Water Line (Oude Hollandse Waterlinie)
Positie van 's-Hertogenbosch
Posten van Krayenhoff
Staats - Spaanse Linies
Stelling Den Helder
Stelling West Noord-Brabant
Zijper Stelling
Zuider Frontier
Fortification law 1874
The Vestingwet (eng: Fortification Law) or Wet tot regeling en voltooiing van het vestingstelsel (eng: Law to regulate and complete the fortification) was signed on 18 April 1874. The law dealt with the defense of the Netherlands against enemy attacks.
The main principle was defense by flooding where as the army of the Netherlands would withdraw to the area around Amsterdam. After the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) it became clear that a new defense plan was needed. The law was made by the Minister of War August Weitzel under King Willem III. The Law became dysfunctional at 28 March 1938.
Grebbe Line (Grebbelinie)
IJssel Line (IJssellinie)
New Hollandic Line (Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie)
Defence Line of Amsterdam (Stelling van Amsterdam)
Stelling van het Hollandsch Diep en het Volkerak
Stelling van de monden der Maas en van het Haringvliet
Werken aan de Westerschelde
Zuiderwaterlinie (Which includes the West Brabant waterline)
Interbellum (1918–1940)
Bath & Zanddijk Stellingen
Geullinie
Grebbe Line (Grebbelinie)
IJssel Line (IJssellinie)
Kazematten Afsluitdijk
Maaslinie
Linge - Waallinie
Oranjestelling
Peel-Raam Line (Peel-Raamstelling)
Waal-Maaslinie
Weerstandslinies Noord-Oost Nederland
World War II (1939–1945)
During the occupation of the Netherlands, the Germans made fortifications to stop the Allies from liberating the Netherlands and to protect their V2 rocket platforms in the Netherlands. The Germans built new defense lines like the Atlantic Wall but also reused the Dutch defense line like the Grebbe line.
Assenerstellung / Frieslandriegel
Atlantic Wall (Atlantikwall)
Brabantstellung
Vordere Wasserstellung
Hintere Wasserstellung
Panther Line (Pantherstellung)
IJsselstellung
Cold War (1946–1991)
During the Cold War a defence line was created to slow down a potential Soviet attack on the Netherlands.
IJssel Line (IJssellinie) (1953–1964)