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Bartlehiem Bridge - Elfstedentocht
Bartlehiem Bridge - Elfstedentocht
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Rentenierswoningen Greate Buorren
Rentenierswoningen Greate Buorren
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Minicamping Blauforlaet
Minicamping Blauforlaet
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Opende Blotevoetenpad Barefoot Trail
Opende Blotevoetenpad Barefoot Trail
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Herberg Het Rechthuis
Herberg Het Rechthuis
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Sneekermeer - Grutte Potten - Kijkheuvel met scherm
Sneekermeer - Grutte Potten - Kijkheuvel met scherm
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Brasserie Om de dobben
Brasserie Om de dobben
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Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
The liberation of the north-eastern part of Friesland was not achieved without a struggle. The Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) and Canadian troops fought fierce battles, partly side by side. It was mainly occupiers fleeing in panic who caused fights and shootings that claimed victims on both sides. A fierce battle was also fought over the port of Oostmahorn.
After the liberation of Dokkum, Kollum and Dokkumer Nieuwe Zijlen, the attention of the Canadian troops turned to the port of Oostmahorn. It was the gateway to the island of Schiermonnikoog, which was part of the German defence line, the Atlantic Wall. This bulwark ran along the coasts of France to Norway. During the war, and extensive occupying force was stationed on the Wadden Island.
The village of Oostmahorn was "relieved" by the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) on Saturday, 14 April, after the German Grenzschutz (border control) left in silence for Schiermonnikoog. Meanwhile, a group of more than a hundred fleeing SS and SD men and a dozen women crossed the Lauwerszee from Groningen near Zoutkamp with three boats to the island. A number of them were high-ranking SD members of the infamous Scholtenhuis in Groningen. When the NBS saw them sailing past from the port of Oostmahorn, shots were fired back and forth.
The German occupying forces on Schiermonnikoog then wanted to take revenge. The village and the port of Oostmahorn were attacked from the island for two hours on Monday, 16 April. A convoy of three Dutch boats left for the port with the aim of landing there. Meanwhile, the help of the B-Squadron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Carrier Regiment) in Dokkum had been called in. The attack was narrowly repelled, but two Canadian soldiers from a reconnaissance group were killed. A defence line of foxholes and armoured vehicles was erected around the village.
Further reinforcements were called in that day from Leeuwarden, where C Company of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders were sent to the coastal strip to patrol for German landing attempts.
After a brief but heavy shelling from the Canadians as a warning, a mediator was sent to the island the next day. The highest-ranking SD officer refused to surrender. They were waiting for an escape with a Schnell boat that was to take them to the German Wadden island of Borkum on 3 May. That turned out to be in vain, but in the meantime they kept the island occupied, even after the general capitulation of the whole of the Netherlands on 5 May.It was not until 11 June that two boats, the MS Waddenzee and the MS Brakzand, transported the last occupiers of Schiermonnikoog to the port of Oostmahorn. A column of army trucks packed with prisoners of war left the port under the guard of the Allies. From there they went to the POW camp in Beerta (Groningen).
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Zorgbedrijf De Leidraad
Zorgbedrijf De Leidraad
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Kerkje van Hiaure
Kerkje van Hiaure
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Kunstwerk Britsum | Hendrik Elings
Kunstwerk Britsum | Hendrik Elings
Een kunstwerk van Hendrik Elings. Dit schilderij laat de ijsbaan van Britsum zien en is uit een reeks van kunstwerken die bij de ijsbanen van de Iisbaankeunstrûte horen.
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Electrosloop Fryslân (Aldtsjerk)
Electrosloop Fryslân (Aldtsjerk)
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Streekwinkel Op 'e Stâl
Streekwinkel Op 'e Stâl
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Jachthaven en bootverhuur De Veenhoop
Jachthaven en bootverhuur De Veenhoop
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Wijngaard De Frysling
Wijngaard De Frysling
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Oudemirdum - De Betonpleats - Seedykkiekje uitkijkplatform
Oudemirdum - De Betonpleats - Seedykkiekje uitkijkplatform
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Het Wapen van Burum
Het Wapen van Burum
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Breezanddijk - Afsluitdijk - Vogelkijkpunt
Breezanddijk - Afsluitdijk - Vogelkijkpunt
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Veerpont Grietman-Eco (De Veenhoop)
Veerpont Grietman-Eco (De Veenhoop)
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Camperplaats op de Meren
Camperplaats op de Meren
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Miensker
Miensker
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Veerpont Lauwersoog
Veerpont Lauwersoog
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Veerpont Hin en Wer (It Wiid)
Veerpont Hin en Wer (It Wiid)
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Hervormde Kerk Oudwoude
Hervormde Kerk Oudwoude
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Koudum - De Heanmar - Vogelkijkhut
Koudum - De Heanmar - Vogelkijkhut
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Veerpont Zonnepont De Oerhaal (Eernewoude)
Veerpont Zonnepont De Oerhaal (Eernewoude)
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Boerderijcamping de Koaipleats
Boerderijcamping de Koaipleats
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Zwemcentrum Kollum
Zwemcentrum Kollum
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Skûtsjemuseum Earnewâld
Skûtsjemuseum Earnewâld
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Sloepverhuur Bootverhuur Wester watersport
Sloepverhuur Bootverhuur Wester watersport
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Carpe Diem Friesland
Carpe Diem Friesland
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De Kruidhof
De Kruidhof
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