What is "lammenschans"

Lammenschans refers to a former fort located in Leiden along the Vliet. Today the Leiden Lammenschans railway station is located there. According to local legend, a large Spanish cooking pot filled with hutspot was found there on 3 Oktober 1574 by Cornelis Joppenszoon after the Spanish forces fled at the conclusion of the Siege of Leiden. Later historians have concluded that this pot, which today is in the collection of the Museum De Lakenhal, was actually found by Gijsbert Cornelisz. Schaeck and was engraved with the story by his son in the 17th-century. A statue of Cornelis Joppensz with his pot can be seen at the train station today. The Leiden rescue, or Leiden Ontzet is celebrated each year in Leiden on October 3rd.