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Voormalig klooster van de Grauwe Bagrijnen
Voormalig klooster van de Grauwe Bagrijnen
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Opende Blotevoetenpad Barefoot Trail
Opende Blotevoetenpad Barefoot Trail
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Bolsward (Boalsert)
Bolsward (Boalsert)
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St Boniface Chapel
St Boniface Chapel
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Rustpunt Anjum
Rustpunt Anjum
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Burgumermarpleats
Burgumermarpleats
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Zwarte Haan - Vogelkijkpunt
Zwarte Haan - Vogelkijkpunt
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Sint-Vituskerk Wyns
Sint-Vituskerk Wyns
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Grand Café WALD
Grand Café WALD
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Klein Veldlust
Klein Veldlust
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Bootverhuur Eernewoude
Bootverhuur Eernewoude
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Bennema State
Bennema State
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Kunstwerk Maarten van der Weijden
Kunstwerk Maarten van der Weijden
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TOP Harkema
TOP Harkema
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Hegewiersterfjild - It Hegewierster Fjild - Vogelkijkhut
Hegewiersterfjild - It Hegewierster Fjild - Vogelkijkhut
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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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Veerpont Zonnepont De Oerhaal (Eernewoude)
Veerpont Zonnepont De Oerhaal (Eernewoude)
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Bonkevaart - Elfstedentocht Finish Line
Bonkevaart - Elfstedentocht Finish Line
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Jachthaven Lunegat
Jachthaven Lunegat
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Keersluis en brug Munnekezijl
Keersluis en brug Munnekezijl
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Poutsma Staete
Poutsma Staete
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Harteluk
Harteluk
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B&B en eetgalerie De Zandloper
B&B en eetgalerie De Zandloper
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Camperplaats Eastermar
Camperplaats Eastermar
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Suptour Friesland
Suptour Friesland
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Eastermar - De Achterwei - Uitkijkpunt
Eastermar - De Achterwei - Uitkijkpunt
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Veerpont Hin en Wer (It Wiid)
Veerpont Hin en Wer (It Wiid)
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Old Toll house
Old Toll house
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It Griene Libben
It Griene Libben
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Bonifatius Brewery
Bonifatius Brewery
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Aardappelhandel De Jong
Aardappelhandel De Jong
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Peazemerlannen
Peazemerlannen
