Fort Vredenburgh

Fort Vredenburgh
Part of Dutch Gold Coast
British Fort Komenda (left) and Dutch Fort Vredenburgh (right).
Fort Vredenburgh
Coordinates	5°03′06″N 1°29′01″W / 5.051745°N 1.483541°W / 5.051745; -1.483541
Site history
Built	1682 (1682)
Garrison information
Occupants	Netherlands (1682-1872)

Fort Vredenburgh was a fort on the Dutch Gold Coast established in 1682. On the same site, a trading post was established by the Dutch around 1600, but abandoned soon afterwards. In 1687, the English Fort Komenda was built nearby. The fort was occupied between 1781 and 1785 by the British. In 1872, the fort was ceded to the United Kingdom, together with the entire Dutch Gold Coast.

Notes

Forts of the former European colonial powers on the Gold Coast

Brandenburg-Prussian forts	Groß Friedrichsburg Dorothea

British forts	Apollonia Metal Cross Sekondi Komenda Cape Coast Victoria Royal William Tantum Winneba James Vernon

Danish forts	Frederiksborg Christiansborg Augustaborg Fredensborg Kongensten Prinsensten

Dutch forts	Elise Carthago Ruychaver Santo Antonio Hollandia Dorothea Batenstein Witsen Orange San Sebastian Vredenburgh Elmina Coenraadsburg Nassau William Egya Amsterdam Patience Goede Hoop Crèvecoeur Singelenburgh

Portuguese forts	Santo António de Axim São Sebastião de Shema São Jorge da Mina São Francisco Xavier

Swedish forts	Batenstein Carlsborg William Christiansborg

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