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Camperplaces en cabins LauwersmeerPlezier!
Camperplaces en cabins LauwersmeerPlezier!
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Burgumermarpleats
Burgumermarpleats
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Boerderij-expeditie op De Seadswâl
Boerderij-expeditie op De Seadswâl
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Waddenhuisverhuur Wad'n Leven
Waddenhuisverhuur Wad'n Leven
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Waddenhop
Waddenhop
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Workumer Buitenwaard - Observatietoren
Workumer Buitenwaard - Observatietoren
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Steenbakkerij Oostrum
Steenbakkerij Oostrum
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The bombing of Terherne lock
The bombing of Terherne lock
On 11 November 1944, pilots of the Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Welschap airfield near Eindhoven, were ordered to bomb the lock at Terherne in two groups. The reason for the bombardment of Terherne lock was to restrict (German) transport movements. The lock complex was situated on the main shipping route from Germany via Groningen to the Randstad, along which the Germans transported goods and military equipment.
After the railway strike in September had already disrupted rail transport considerably, actions against shipping traffic followed in the months thereafter. The southern part of the country may have been liberated, but fierce battles were still to be fought in the other parts.
Such was the case on that 11th November just after nine o'clock in the morning when the two groups of Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers took off shortly after each other from Eindhoven for their mission. Around 10:00, the lock at Terherne was bombed from the north for the first time and then again around 10:30.
The consequences were huge for the people living on the lock. The wives of both lock keepers, a one-year-old baby and a German soldier were killed. Also, pilot John Gordon Fraser's aircraft was damaged to such extent that he had to make an emergency landing at St. Johannesga. Although the bombing resulted in the northern passageway being deactivated and no longer usable, the southern passageway remained open and could still be used.
Today, a boathouse for the State yacht of the province of Friesland has been built over the southern passage. A new building, that serves as a guest house for the province, was put up on the site of the lock keeper's house on the south side.
A monument has been erected on the northern pier in memory of those who perished at the lock. This monument was unveiled on 10 November 1985 by Hattum Hoekstra, son of 1st lock keeper Wiemer and Tietje Hoekstra. Since then, the commemoration of the dead in Terherne has always taken place at the old lock, and the children of primary school 'It Kampke' have adopted the monument.
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Outdoor Veldboom
Outdoor Veldboom
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Kweldergebied
Kweldergebied
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Alexanderkerk Rinsumageast
Alexanderkerk Rinsumageast
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De Leijen Beach
De Leijen Beach
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Voormalig woon-werkhuis ir. Abe Bonnema
Voormalig woon-werkhuis ir. Abe Bonnema
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Peazemerlannen
Peazemerlannen
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Skûtsjemuseum Earnewâld
Skûtsjemuseum Earnewâld
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B&B Gasthuisstraat
B&B Gasthuisstraat
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Oudemirdum - De Betonpleats - Seedykkiekje uitkijkplatform
Oudemirdum - De Betonpleats - Seedykkiekje uitkijkplatform
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Brêgeham
Brêgeham
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Bed en Brochje De Merelhof
Bed en Brochje De Merelhof
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Strandpaviljoen Meerzicht Beach Pavilion
Strandpaviljoen Meerzicht Beach Pavilion
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Geologisch Monument Bouwepet
Geologisch Monument Bouwepet
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Molkwerum - Bocht van Molkwerum - Vogelkijkhut Swan
Molkwerum - Bocht van Molkwerum - Vogelkijkhut Swan
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Ceciliakerk Lekkum
Ceciliakerk Lekkum
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Vegotel
Vegotel
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Bij De Pastorie Boutique Hotel
Bij De Pastorie Boutique Hotel
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De Guozzepôle
De Guozzepôle
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Twijzelermieden - Ald Dyk- vogelkijkhut
Twijzelermieden - Ald Dyk- vogelkijkhut
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Sint-Godeharduskerk Marrum
Sint-Godeharduskerk Marrum
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Camping Botniahiem
Camping Botniahiem
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Surhuisterveen (Surhústerfean)
Surhuisterveen (Surhústerfean)
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Campground Achterom
Campground Achterom
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Makkum War Memorial
Makkum War Memorial
By 16 April, the major part of Friesland had been liberated. But some important targets of the Canadians had not yet been achieved. They wanted to win the Frisian ports and the Head of the Afsluitdijk from the Germans as quickly as possible. But they would be hard fought. Both the ports and the Afsluitdijk were used by German soldiers to escape to North Holland.
As elsewhere in Friesland, the Canadians were helped by resistance fighters from the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (N.B.S.) They suffered several casualties near Makkum. On 16 April, Schelte Bruinsma and Simon Sipma were killed in an attack on a farm in which the Germans had entrenched themselves. The next day, another group tried to occupy a bridge under Makkum. However, the Germans caught sight of them and in the ensuing gunfight, Rinnert Anema, Roelof van der Meer and Hendrik Postma were killed. Makkum was liberated on 18 April, as one of the last villages in Friesland.
The monument at the Buren in Makkum was unveiled in 1952 in commemoration of the members of the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces who were killed around the village during the struggle for liberation.
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