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Oudemirdumer Klif (cliff at Oudemirdum)
Oudemirdumer Klif (cliff at Oudemirdum)
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Schots Restaurant en Whiskybar De Koebrug
Schots Restaurant en Whiskybar De Koebrug
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Restaurant "De Nieuwe Melkfabriek"
Restaurant "De Nieuwe Melkfabriek"
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Makkumernoordwaard Nature Reserve
Makkumernoordwaard Nature Reserve
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Rondvaarten Houten bok IJlst
Rondvaarten Houten bok IJlst
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Hotel Restaurant Jans - Hotelkamer (in het hoofdpand)
Hotel Restaurant Jans - Hotelkamer (in het hoofdpand)
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Strandje aan de Langweerder Wielen - Langweer
Strandje aan de Langweerder Wielen - Langweer
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Minicamping Pressefinne
Minicamping Pressefinne
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E-bike charging point - Tea garden and mini campsite De Dille
E-bike charging point - Tea garden and mini campsite De Dille
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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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Snikzwaag Bell Tower
Snikzwaag Bell Tower
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Camping Zonneheuvel
Camping Zonneheuvel
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4 persoons lodge
4 persoons lodge
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Sanzi Yacht Charter - Lillesol
Sanzi Yacht Charter - Lillesol
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Bantega Bell Tower
Bantega Bell Tower
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Oudega
Oudega
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Finx Accountants
Finx Accountants
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RCN de Potten - Bungalow de Valk
RCN de Potten - Bungalow de Valk
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Recreatiepark de Jerden - Zespersoons vakantiehuis
Recreatiepark de Jerden - Zespersoons vakantiehuis
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Hotel Stedswal - Kamer 5 - Hylpen
Hotel Stedswal - Kamer 5 - Hylpen
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Wijde sloot Gaastmeer
Wijde sloot Gaastmeer
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Mirns Bell Tower
Mirns Bell Tower
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Werf IJlst
Werf IJlst
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Kampari - Titanic
Kampari - Titanic
