Landsfort Herle was a fortification with moat in what now is the centre of Heerlen Netherlands (roughly the current Pancratiusplein) it was probably built by the counts van Ahr-Hochstaden (also referd to as Here van Are) The name Landsfort (‘fort of the land’) comes from the fact that the fortification come under the responsibility of the land.
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