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Pancake train
Pancake train
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Holwerterpolder at Noard Fryslân Butendyks Nature Reserve
Holwerterpolder at Noard Fryslân Butendyks Nature Reserve
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B&B De Koesfabriek
B&B De Koesfabriek
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Bennema State
Bennema State
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Workum (Warkum)
Workum (Warkum)
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Cultural and Historical Centre De Schierstins
Cultural and Historical Centre De Schierstins
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Botmas
Botmas
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Blauwhoek Bathing Site
Blauwhoek Bathing Site
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it Dreamlân family house
it Dreamlân family house
Direct boekbaar
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Klein Zwitserland Lakeside Beach
Klein Zwitserland Lakeside Beach
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Mill de Swarte Prinsch
Mill de Swarte Prinsch
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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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Former Notary's House
Former Notary's House
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Craft cotton printing factory, Kleine Lijn
Craft cotton printing factory, Kleine Lijn
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National Park 'De Alde Feanen'
National Park 'De Alde Feanen'
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Eastermar Bathing and Play Area
Eastermar Bathing and Play Area
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Noarderleech Visitor Centre
Noarderleech Visitor Centre
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Jannum Church Museum
Jannum Church Museum
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Oan 'e Dyk
Oan 'e Dyk
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Burgum
Burgum
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Landal Esonstad
Landal Esonstad
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BnB Slaap Lekker
BnB Slaap Lekker
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Skiedingsboskje Forest and Pingos next to the A7
Skiedingsboskje Forest and Pingos next to the A7
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Beleef Lauwersoog
Beleef Lauwersoog
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Holiday home Blomsteech
Holiday home Blomsteech
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Dekema State
Dekema State
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Schwarzenbergerbos Forest
Schwarzenbergerbos Forest
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Vakantiewoning Holwerd
Vakantiewoning Holwerd
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Sneek (Snits)
Sneek (Snits)
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Dobbepaarden photo artwork
Dobbepaarden photo artwork
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Gast op stal
Gast op stal
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Church of Hiaure
Church of Hiaure
