State-Spanish lines

In the 16th century, the Netherlands (roughly present-day Belgium and the Netherlands combined) were at the height of their power. They opposed the rule of the Spanish King Philip II. Under the guise of religious disputes, a war ensues that will last eighty years. The battle mainly takes place in the north of Flanders. The Spaniards fight against the insurgents, the so-called 'Staatsen'. Forts are built, polders are flooded, dikes are erected, canals and canals are dug. These are so-called lines. The war redraws the landscape. Eventually he also determines the border between the northern, Staatse Nederlanden (present-day Netherlands) and the southern, Spanish Netherlands (today Belgium).

Vossen in Vlaanderen