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Hotel Pub Restaurant de Posthoorn
Hotel Pub Restaurant de Posthoorn
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Hylperhuis - Flora en Fauna
Hylperhuis - Flora en Fauna
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The Spitkeet
The Spitkeet
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Werf IJlst - Sinnehuske 4
Werf IJlst - Sinnehuske 4
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Slotermeer (Sleattemer Mar)
Slotermeer (Sleattemer Mar)
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Sail-a-way Sneekermeer - Appartement 8-7
Sail-a-way Sneekermeer - Appartement 8-7
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De Dikke Draai
De Dikke Draai
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The Wylde Boerinne
The Wylde Boerinne
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Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
The liberation of the north-eastern part of Friesland was not achieved without a struggle. The Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) and Canadian troops fought fierce battles, partly side by side. It was mainly occupiers fleeing in panic who caused fights and shootings that claimed victims on both sides. A fierce battle was also fought over the port of Oostmahorn.
After the liberation of Dokkum, Kollum and Dokkumer Nieuwe Zijlen, the attention of the Canadian troops turned to the port of Oostmahorn. It was the gateway to the island of Schiermonnikoog, which was part of the German defence line, the Atlantic Wall. This bulwark ran along the coasts of France to Norway. During the war, and extensive occupying force was stationed on the Wadden Island.
The village of Oostmahorn was "relieved" by the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) on Saturday, 14 April, after the German Grenzschutz (border control) left in silence for Schiermonnikoog. Meanwhile, a group of more than a hundred fleeing SS and SD men and a dozen women crossed the Lauwerszee from Groningen near Zoutkamp with three boats to the island. A number of them were high-ranking SD members of the infamous Scholtenhuis in Groningen. When the NBS saw them sailing past from the port of Oostmahorn, shots were fired back and forth.
The German occupying forces on Schiermonnikoog then wanted to take revenge. The village and the port of Oostmahorn were attacked from the island for two hours on Monday, 16 April. A convoy of three Dutch boats left for the port with the aim of landing there. Meanwhile, the help of the B-Squadron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Carrier Regiment) in Dokkum had been called in. The attack was narrowly repelled, but two Canadian soldiers from a reconnaissance group were killed. A defence line of foxholes and armoured vehicles was erected around the village.
Further reinforcements were called in that day from Leeuwarden, where C Company of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders were sent to the coastal strip to patrol for German landing attempts.
After a brief but heavy shelling from the Canadians as a warning, a mediator was sent to the island the next day. The highest-ranking SD officer refused to surrender. They were waiting for an escape with a Schnell boat that was to take them to the German Wadden island of Borkum on 3 May. That turned out to be in vain, but in the meantime they kept the island occupied, even after the general capitulation of the whole of the Netherlands on 5 May.It was not until 11 June that two boats, the MS Waddenzee and the MS Brakzand, transported the last occupiers of Schiermonnikoog to the port of Oostmahorn. A column of army trucks packed with prisoners of war left the port under the guard of the Allies. From there they went to the POW camp in Beerta (Groningen).
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Information point Woudsend (de Rakken)
Information point Woudsend (de Rakken)
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Holiday home ‘de Grote Sluis’
Holiday home ‘de Grote Sluis’
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Mar en Klif Visitor Center
Mar en Klif Visitor Center
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B&B Pension Perruque - Luxe Twin met aanpassingen
B&B Pension Perruque - Luxe Twin met aanpassingen
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Public toilet T' Oost in Hindeloopen
Public toilet T' Oost in Hindeloopen
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Friesland Boating Yachtcharter - Kempala 920 Lelie
Friesland Boating Yachtcharter - Kempala 920 Lelie
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Groepsaccommodatie Appelscha - Nijsingh
Groepsaccommodatie Appelscha - Nijsingh
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Wadloopcentrum Fryslân
Wadloopcentrum Fryslân
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SurfSpot Lauwersmeer - Hoek van de Bant
SurfSpot Lauwersmeer - Hoek van de Bant
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Vakantiepark De Kuilart - vakantiehuizen - Watervilla 6 persoons
Vakantiepark De Kuilart - vakantiehuizen - Watervilla 6 persoons
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Waterrijck Stavoren
Waterrijck Stavoren
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Former Infant School
Former Infant School
At the intersection of Voorstraat and Meester Andreaestraat stands the former bewaarschool, or infant school. A bewaarschool was a form of pre-school education in the Netherlands and Belgium during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The infant school was intended for children between the ages of about three and six, before they entered primary school. The Dutch name literally means a place where children were “looked after” while their parents were at work. In practice, they received basic education, learning skills such as listening, counting, and playing together under supervision. The bewaarschool is regarded as the forerunner of today's daycare centres and preschool programmes.
The infant school in Kollum dates from 1828 and is located on the eastern side of the village. At that time, just as on the western side of Voorstraat, the area around the school was home to many small businesses and craftspeople. There was a farmer with a small slaughterhouse, carpenters lived and worked here, and there was a combined butcher's shop and livestock business, as well as a steam-powered grain mill with an animal feed business. The neighbourhood also included a small wholesale dealer in butter, cheese and buttermilk supplied by the factory at Dokkumer Nieuwezijlen, a liquor store, a blacksmith's workshop and a tailor's shop. On the opposite side of the street from the infant school stood a grocery store and a cigar shop.
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Bed & Breakfast ByPaula - Kamer Hr-Pastoor
Bed & Breakfast ByPaula - Kamer Hr-Pastoor
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Zijda Yachting - Maurice Elite
Zijda Yachting - Maurice Elite
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Zeilinstituut De Bird
Zeilinstituut De Bird
