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Drogehamstermieden Nature Reserve
Drogehamstermieden Nature Reserve
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Sytzama House
Sytzama House
What is now a grand café has a history closely connected with local government, the Second World War, and Baron Willem van Sytzama, the building's first owner, after whom it is named.
In Van Sytzama's time, there were very few buildings nearby. Instead, a large landscaped garden with extensive ponds stretched out behind the house. Baron Willem van Sytzama believed he was happily married to Cecilia van Heemskerk, but she left him for another man. Although the baron took legal action in an attempt to prevent the separation, he was unsuccessful. She never returned, and he never remarried. In later years, however, the building served as Kollum's town hall, where hundreds of marriages were celebrated.
During the Second World War, Mayor Gerben Feitsma was sworn into office in this building. The ceremony took place with prominent displays of flags and the Nazi salute. For that reason, Feitsma is often described as an NSB (Dutch National Socialist Movement) mayor. At the same time, there is evidence that he occasionally helped prevent residents of Kollum from being sent to Germany for forced labour by employing them on his farm. Because of his wartime record, his name is not always included in historical accounts.
His brother, Jan Feitsma, became notorious for a different reason. As Prosecutor General, he ordered signs reading "Jews Forbidden" to be displayed throughout the occupied Netherlands. The policy caused considerable controversy in Kollum during the war. The local tennis club preferred to close its courts rather than display such a sign. In early 1945, Jan Feitsma was shot dead by members of the Dutch Resistance. His funeral in Kollum was attended by numerous members of the SS.
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Wadloopcentrum Fryslân
Wadloopcentrum Fryslân
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Fisherman's monument Wierum
Fisherman's monument Wierum
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Hotel It Posthûs
Hotel It Posthûs
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Wetterkr8 Suptours
Wetterkr8 Suptours
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Workum (Warkum)
Workum (Warkum)
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Eleven Cities Tour sculpture Aukje in Sloten
Eleven Cities Tour sculpture Aukje in Sloten
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It Bûtefjild Nature Reserve
It Bûtefjild Nature Reserve
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Grutte Tsjerke Ternaard
Grutte Tsjerke Ternaard
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National Park 'Lauwersmeer'
National Park 'Lauwersmeer'
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Restaurant De Pleats
Restaurant De Pleats
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De Klinze Country House and Estate
De Klinze Country House and Estate
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Camping de Kleine Wielen
Camping de Kleine Wielen
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Church Sint-Thomaskerk in Waaxens
Church Sint-Thomaskerk in Waaxens
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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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it Dreamlân ecolodge
it Dreamlân ecolodge
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Bartlehiem Bridge - Elfstedentocht
Bartlehiem Bridge - Elfstedentocht
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Wierum (Wierum)
Wierum (Wierum)
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The Eleven Cities skater and Wall of Fame
The Eleven Cities skater and Wall of Fame
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Village church Mitselwier
Village church Mitselwier
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Hotel de ABDIJ Dokkum
Hotel de ABDIJ Dokkum
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De Waard van Napels
De Waard van Napels
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Camping Zwanenburg
Camping Zwanenburg
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Clog museum
Clog museum
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Pettebosk Forest Playground
Pettebosk Forest Playground
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National Park 'De Alde Feanen'
National Park 'De Alde Feanen'
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Schreiershoek recreation and vacation park
Schreiershoek recreation and vacation park
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Leeuwarden (Ljouwert)
Leeuwarden (Ljouwert)
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Koopmansbosje
Koopmansbosje
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Stadscafé Artisante (City Café)
Stadscafé Artisante (City Café)
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Koffiebar Knus
Koffiebar Knus
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