See-through panels are corten steel frames with a transparent plate. On that plate, a drawing visualises an object/activity that is not (or no longer) visible in the landscape. Through the correct perspective of the drawing and the correct positioning of the frame, the drawing is as it were projected into the current landscape. In this way, a special event or a former structure that stood at a specific location can come back to life for a while. Via the look-through panels, we make the special history and unique story of Noordoostpolder more visible.
Kuinre is in Overijssel and used to be a lively port town on the busy sailing Zuiderzee. Just across the border, in what is now the Noordoostpolder in Flevoland, the remains of two successive castles have been found, collectively referred to as the Burchten van Kuinre or also simply Kuinderburcht.
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See-through panels are corten steel frames with a transparent plate. On that plate, a drawing visualises an object/activity that is not (or no longer) visible in the landscape. Through the correct perspective of the drawing and the correct positioning of the frame, the drawing is as it were projected into the current landscape. In this way, a special event or a former structure that stood at a specific location can come back to life for a while. Via the look-through panels, we make the special history and unique story of Noordoostpolder more visible.
Kuinre is in Overijssel and used to be a lively port town on the busy sailing Zuiderzee. Just across the border, in what is now the Noordoostpolder in Flevoland, the remains of two successive castles have been found, collectively referred to as the Burchten van Kuinre or also simply Kuinderburcht.
During the reclamation of the Noordoostpolder , a large amount of brick rubble and a pile foundation were found during excavation work in 1941-1942. Research showed that these were the foundations of a castle from the early Middle Ages, a 'motte castle', or a round castle on an artificial hill surrounded by a ring-shaped moat.
In the Middle Ages, the Lords of Kuinre controlled the trade routes via the IJssel, the Vecht and the Kuinder from their castle. When levying tolls did not yield enough, they turned to raiding ships. The Lords sometimes seized the merchants' cargo or ship. In exchange for ransom, they could then get their property back.
The second castle was discovered in 1951 using aerial photographs taken by the RAF during World War II. The remains were never made visible in the landscape because the site had already been given an agricultural use by 1951. However, objects such as weapons, pots, cups and an almost complete slate sundial were found. Because of their cultural-historical and scientific values, the remains of the two castles were entered in the national monument register as archaeological monuments in 1978.
Via the Doorkijkpaneel Kuinderburcht, despite the lack of extensive excavations, you can still get an impression of what castles used to look like. You will find the Doorkijkpaneel Kuinderburcht on De Heuvel in the Kuinderbos. If you stand right in front of the viewing panel, you can see Kuinderburcht at the bottom of De Heuvel in the landscape.
See the exact location of this vista panel on Google Maps. Parking is available in a car park on Hopweg.
