Tolkazerne
Bastion VI
This bastion houses the Tolhuis, a double gun carriage shed and the former military residence of the ‘conducteur’. Running beneath the bastion and the buildings is a long, old brick culvert from the former open city sewer system. This bastion is also known as the ‘Tolbastion’. When the Tolhuis was put into use as barracks for the fortress artillery, the complex was transformed into a barracks compound.
The Tolhuys
The Tolhuys was built during the construction of the new fortifications and was completed in 1598. It replaced a Tolhuys that had burnt down in 1584. Ships passing on the river had to pay tolls here. At that time, the river ran very close to the ramparts.
Tolkazerne
The Tolhuys came into use as barracks in the19th century. As early as 1814, part of a Swiss regiment from William I’s army was temporarily housed there. In 1838, gun carriage sheds for the artillery were built in the inner courtyard. In 1862, the Tolhuys was converted into barracks for the fortress artillery and has been known as the Tolkazerne ever since. In 1887, a stables block for the officers was added; this was demolished sometime around 2003.
Affuitloodsen
In a gun carriage shed, the wooden gun carriages were stored when there was no threat of war. Upon mobilisation, they were used as stables by the13th Artillery Regiment, which had been stationed here to defend the waterline.
