page_title: Barrier Treaty
section_title: The Third Treaty; 1715
hierarchical_section_title: Barrier Treaty / The Third Treaty; 1715
caption_attribution_description: English: Hollandic troops passing through the fortified city of Dendermonde. On the right some soldiers marching over Bogaerd Bridge and are going into the direction of Ferry Street. On the left Scheldt Street (now Franz Courtens Street) with the quayside, to where a boat with a Hollandic flag has harbored. On the quayside some officers on horses. On the right four houses of Castle Street. Frysk: Hollânske troepen tsjogge troch de fêstingstêd Dendermonde. Rjochts marsjearje de soldaten oer de Bogaerdbrêge en gean nei de Fearstrjitte ta. Ljofts de Skeldestrjitte (no de Franz Courtensstrjitte) mei de kade, wêroan't in boat mei in Hollânske flagge ôfmarre leit. Op 'e kade offisieren op it hynder. Rjochts in fjouwertal huzen fan 'e Kastielstrjitte. Nederlands: Hollandse troepen trekken door de vestingstad Dendermonde. Rechts marcheren de soldaten over de Bogaerdbrug en gaan in de richting van de Veerstraat. Links de Scheldestraat (thans de Franz Courtensstraat) met de kade, waaraan een boot met een Hollandse vlag ligt gemeerd. Op de kade officieren te paard. Rechts een viertal huizen van de Kasteelstraat.
context_page_description: The "Barrier Treaties" were a series of agreements signed and ratified between 1709 and 1715 that created a buffer zone between the Dutch Republic and Kingdom of France by allowing the Dutch to occupy a number of fortresses within the Spanish or Austrian Netherlands. The fortresses ultimately proved ineffective as a means of defence and the treaties were cancelled by Austria in 1781.
context_section_description: The third and final Barrier Treaty confirmed terms contained in the 1714 Treaty of Rastatt between Austria and France. This established a permanent Austro-Dutch military force of 30,000 to 35,000 men stationed in the Austrian Netherlands, the Dutch paying 40% of the costs and Austria 60% plus an additional lump sum to maintain the Barrier and its garrisons, now reduced to seven plus a mixed garrison at Dendermond. It also renewed the 1648 Münster agreement over the Scheldt but promised 'equal treatment' for Dutch and British commerce. The Treaty was signed on 15 November 1715, then further detailed by two Austrian-Dutch agreements of 30 and 31 January 1716.
caption: Dutch troops in Dendermonde, 1820.
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