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Natuurgebied Kuikhornstervaart
Natuurgebied Kuikhornstervaart
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De Doopsgezinde Vermaning Leeuwarden
De Doopsgezinde Vermaning Leeuwarden
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NijKrúslãn Lodge
NijKrúslãn Lodge
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KollumerpompDirect boekbaar
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Workumer Buitenwaard - Observatietoren
Workumer Buitenwaard - Observatietoren
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Molenmuseum De Eendragt
Molenmuseum De Eendragt
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Walburga Tsjerke Drogeham
Walburga Tsjerke Drogeham
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Voormalige directeurswoning vlasfabriek Mûnein
Voormalige directeurswoning vlasfabriek Mûnein
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Buitenpost (Bûtenpost)
Buitenpost (Bûtenpost)
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Opende Blotevoetenpad Barefoot Trail
Opende Blotevoetenpad Barefoot Trail
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Old Town Hall in Dokkum
Old Town Hall in Dokkum
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Sloep, toerboot en sup verhuur Dokkum
Sloep, toerboot en sup verhuur Dokkum
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Sense of Place: Waiting for high tide
Sense of Place: Waiting for high tide
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Varen met Rob
Varen met Rob
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Pingo's
Pingo's
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AquaZoo Leeuwarden
AquaZoo Leeuwarden
Direct boekbaar
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Veerpont De Snoekcbaers (Sitebuorren)
Veerpont De Snoekcbaers (Sitebuorren)
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Vakantiewoning Holwerd
Vakantiewoning Holwerd
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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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Doarpstsjerke Mitselwier
Doarpstsjerke Mitselwier
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Voormalig klooster Tribus Montibus
Voormalig klooster Tribus Montibus
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Yms Wolatelier
Yms Wolatelier
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Zwaluwhaven Ald Dwinger
Zwaluwhaven Ald Dwinger
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Schreiershoek recreation and vacation park
Schreiershoek recreation and vacation park
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Petruskerk Lichtaard
Petruskerk Lichtaard
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Activiteitencentrum Lauwersnest
Activiteitencentrum Lauwersnest
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Bootverhuur de Granaet
Bootverhuur de Granaet
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Bungalowpark It Wiid
Bungalowpark It Wiid
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Fochteloërveen - Ravenswoud - De 7 - Uitkijktoren
Fochteloërveen - Ravenswoud - De 7 - Uitkijktoren
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Grote kerk of St-Martinuskerk Dokkum
Grote kerk of St-Martinuskerk Dokkum
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Waddeninzicht botenverhuur
Waddeninzicht botenverhuur
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(GESTREMD) Veerpont Koekoekspaad, Ryptsjerk
(GESTREMD) Veerpont Koekoekspaad, Ryptsjerk
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Voormalig Notarishuis
Voormalig Notarishuis
