Drama in Marnezijl
Bolsward
On April 14, 1945, Marnezijl witnessed a terrible execution near Bolsward. As a reprisal for the death of a German soldier, three men were executed at the transformer house on the Makkumervaart.
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On April 14, 1945, Marnezijl witnessed a terrible execution near Bolsward. As a reprisal for the death of a German soldier, three men were executed at the transformer house on the Makkumervaart.
Just before the liberation in April 1945, a large number of German trucks passed through Bolsward in the direction of the Afsluitdijk. The German non-commissioned officer Bernhard Rolf from Münster had technical problems with his army truck. He asked the Bolswarder police officer Jan Schoonbeek to show him a garage. On the way back, a team of ten men from the Interior Forces crossed their path at the Snekerpoortsbrug. The leader of the group, Piet Cnossen, shot the German dead with his stengun.
As a counter-action, on the orders of the Ortskommandant Schneider, residing in Sneek, close to the site of the shooting, Jan de Koning (57) and his son Jacobus de Koning (31), evacuee Herman Hennekes (35 and architect Ruurd Jorritsma (28)) were arrested.
They are transported in an army truck to the transformer house at Marnezijl. When they have got out of the truck, Jorritsma suddenly runs away. He throws away his coat and jumps into the cold water of a ditch. The Germans react too late and he escapes. The other three men are executed. On the site of the execution is a monument with the names of the three victims.
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Workum Lighthouse
Workum Lighthouse
You'll find Workum lighthouse on the Hylperdyk at the entrance to the harbour. It's known as the Toarntsje (little tower), which is very apt for the square white brick tower.
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Johannes de Doperkerk Parrega
Johannes de Doperkerk Parrega
Als een lang bebouwingslint strekt het dorp Parrega zich uit langs de Workumer Trekvaart. Op een terpachtige plek, halverwege dit lint, ligt de Johannes de Doperkerk, omringd door een kerkhof.
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Washing lines of Sloten
Washing lines of Sloten
Sloten likes to pay homage to its 'bleaches'. This 'Bleekweide' was a grassy commons area on which freshly washed linen was left to dry and bleach in the sun. Sloten likes to remember this bleaching system along its city moat.
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Crackstate
Crackstate
De Crackstate is één van de mooist gebouwen van Heerenveen en werd in 1648 gebouwd in opdracht van grietman Johannes Crack.
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City Hall of Sneek
City Hall of Sneek
The City Hall of Sneek was built around 1478. The building was actually constructed on the foundations of two Frisians strongholds: a Medieval, defensible, residential tower. The City Hall was subsequently extended and altered many times.
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Sint Joriskerk Dedgum
Sint Joriskerk Dedgum
De oude kerk in het kleine terpdorp Dedgum werd in 1889 gesloopt en nog datzelfde jaar zag de nieuwe het licht, een eenvoudige kerk met een ranke toren. Voor een uitzicht dat reikt tot aan het IJsselmeer mag je de toren beklimmen.
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Liberation Monument (Canadian) Perth regiment
Liberation Monument (Canadian) Perth regiment
In contrast to the British and American troops,the Canadians remained in the Netherlands for a long time–the latter did not repatriate until February 1946.The Canadian Perth regiment was supposed to be stationed in Sneek until the end of the summer of '45
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Lytsewierrum (Lutkewierum)
Lytsewierrum (Lutkewierum)
Visit the terp village of Lytsewierrum, located at the end of a dead-end road. The village has a protected village view.
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The Lemster Gate of Sloten
The Lemster Gate of Sloten
If you sail into Sloten from Lemmer, the wonderful scene that greets you is the windmill together with the Lemster Gate, a vista often captured in photographs. There’s a pillory at the foot of the Lemster Gate.
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Waterside Gardens
Waterside Gardens
Unique and characteristic to IJlst are the waterside gardens on each side of the Ee.
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