Zoutkamp harbour area 2. Zoutkamp was strategically located at the mouth of the Reitdiep in the Lauwerszee. Until the completion of the Eemskanaal in 1876, this was the only access to the city of Groningen from the sea. During the Eighty Years' War a Spanish garrison was stationed there. In 1576 the entrenchment Soltecampe was built as a stronghold of the troops of the Spanish king. In the following years, from Friesland, which was under the administration of the later Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, water-beggars plundered the villages near Zoutkamp and Warfhuizen and Zuurdijk were set on fire. The insurgents also made plans to conquer the forts and defences in the Ommelanden in order to attack the city of Groningen. In October 1589 Willem Lodewijk sailed with 400 men from Oostmahorn to Soltkamp and managed to conquer this place during the Battle of Zoutkamp. Zoutkamp was a military fortification where mainly soldiers lived. Around 1600 the village had its own preacher and probably a garrison church.
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