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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) in the Franco-Dutch War. (This list was compiled from enumerations in the literature - please refer to the footnotes and the bibliography below.) 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. Some castles have disappeared completely, 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 Wil

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  • 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) in the Franco-Dutch War. (This list was compiled from enumerations in the literature - please refer to the footnotes and the bibliography below.) 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. Some castles have disappeared completely, 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, to prevent a repeat occcupation by the French. It was never rebuilt. (en)
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  • 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) in the Franco-Dutch War. (This list was compiled from enumerations in the literature - please refer to the footnotes and the bibliography below.) 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. Some castles have disappeared completely, 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 Wil (en)
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  • List of Dutch villages, castles and country houses destroyed or damaged by the French in 1672-1673 (en)
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