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Het Lage Noorden
Het Lage Noorden
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Lanterfanter
Lanterfanter
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Timpelsteed
Timpelsteed
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EAstay apartment 2
EAstay apartment 2
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Dobben Hurdegarypsterwarren Nature Reserve
Dobben Hurdegarypsterwarren Nature Reserve
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Inn Hantum
Inn Hantum
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Waddensea fishtours and Workshops 't Ailand
Waddensea fishtours and Workshops 't Ailand
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De Klinze Country House and Estate
De Klinze Country House and Estate
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Zwagermieden Nature Reserve
Zwagermieden Nature Reserve
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Camping De Stjelp
Camping De Stjelp
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Schuilenburg Beach
Schuilenburg Beach
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Schreiershoek recreation and vacation park
Schreiershoek recreation and vacation park
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Earnewâld
Earnewâld
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Wetterkr8 Suptours
Wetterkr8 Suptours
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it Dreamlân holiday home
it Dreamlân holiday home
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Dijktempel (dike temple) at Marrum
Dijktempel (dike temple) at Marrum
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Sanjes Safari
Sanjes Safari
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Pancake train
Pancake train
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Tour de Wadden
Tour de Wadden
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Aventoer
Aventoer
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Tourist Information Kollum
Tourist Information Kollum
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Camperplaces en cabins LauwersmeerPlezier!
Camperplaces en cabins LauwersmeerPlezier!
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Klein Zwitserland Lakeside Beach
Klein Zwitserland Lakeside Beach
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City Walk Dokkum
City Walk Dokkum
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De Houtwiel Nature Reserve
De Houtwiel Nature Reserve
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Restaurant Ode
Restaurant Ode
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Kraanlannen Nature Reserve
Kraanlannen Nature Reserve
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Mem Wedman Hiking Trail
Mem Wedman Hiking Trail
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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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Café-Restaurant ’t Raedhûs
Café-Restaurant ’t Raedhûs
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Camping de Veldboom
Camping de Veldboom
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Waddenzee-Expedities
Waddenzee-Expedities
