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Alde Feanen - Ierdige Mar - Vogelkijkhut
Alde Feanen - Ierdige Mar - Vogelkijkhut
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Salonboot De Nieuwe Liefde
Salonboot De Nieuwe Liefde
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Natuurgebied Kuikhornstervaart
Natuurgebied Kuikhornstervaart
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Kerk en pastorie
Kerk en pastorie
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Lauwersmeer - Ezumakeeg-Noord - Kijkheuvel
Lauwersmeer - Ezumakeeg-Noord - Kijkheuvel
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Jacobuskerk Zeerijp
Jacobuskerk Zeerijp
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Boerderij de Omleiding
Boerderij de Omleiding
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Koopmansbosje
Koopmansbosje
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Informatiepunt NP De Alde Feanen
Informatiepunt NP De Alde Feanen
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Simke Kloostermanhûs
Simke Kloostermanhûs
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Zwembad It Paradyske
Zwembad It Paradyske
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De Leijen - Bildreed - Uitkijktoren
De Leijen - Bildreed - Uitkijktoren
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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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Twijzelermieden - Ald Dyk- heuvel
Twijzelermieden - Ald Dyk- heuvel
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Kollumer Museum Mr Andreae
Kollumer Museum Mr Andreae
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Oudemirdum - De Betonpleats - Seedykkiekje uitkijkplatform
Oudemirdum - De Betonpleats - Seedykkiekje uitkijkplatform
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De Staten - Kijkheuvel
De Staten - Kijkheuvel
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Sint-Martinuskerk Kollum
Sint-Martinuskerk Kollum
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Zwarte Haan - Vogelkijkpunt
Zwarte Haan - Vogelkijkpunt
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Zwembad Wettervlecke
Zwembad Wettervlecke
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Veerpont Ameland
Veerpont Ameland
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Natuurgebied de Bouwepet
Natuurgebied de Bouwepet
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Aldtsjerkstermûne
Aldtsjerkstermûne
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Glinstra State
Glinstra State
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Clog museum
Clog museum
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Fries Landbouwmuseum (Frisian Agricultural Museum)
Fries Landbouwmuseum (Frisian Agricultural Museum)
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Restaurant De Pleats
Restaurant De Pleats
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De Twirre
De Twirre
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TOP Burgum
TOP Burgum
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Drogeham - De Hege Bulten II
Drogeham - De Hege Bulten II
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Oosterkerk | Kollum
Oosterkerk | Kollum
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Georgiuskerk Suwâld
Georgiuskerk Suwâld
