2022-10-24 00:00:00 Experience Nieuwerbrug in 1672 Jump from the past to the present through the TimeSwitch functionality. In 1672 our rich Republic was attacked by France, England, Munster and Cologne. It was a war. To stop the advancing French army, the polders were flooded between Muiden and Gorinchem. The Old Dutch Waterline. In Nieuwerbrug was one of the five main posts of the line. Behind this Prince Willem III stored his army camp and headquarters. Because there was no fortified city here, redoubts were erected on either side of the Old Rhine. On the other side of the water line, where Fort Wierickerschans is now located, came a third ramp.