Bolsward - Wadden Sea dike | Elfstedenpad Hiking Trail: Section 8
he Elfstedenpad trail leaves Bolsward through the De Marne industrial estate. Long ago, an inlet of the same name stretched this far inland from the Wadden Sea.
This section of the trail takes you from the Hanseatic city of Bolsward to the Wadden Sea dike north of the Afsluitdijk. Further on, the green meadows in this flat landscape give way to the grey clay of the mudflats.
The land you walk on as you pass the little villages of Skettens, Witmarsum and Arum was once beneath the sea. The local people started building dikes around the salt marshes in this area from 1100 onwards.
Towards the village of Kimswerd, the El…
he Elfstedenpad trail leaves Bolsward through the De Marne industrial estate. Long ago, an inlet of the same name stretched this far inland from the Wadden Sea.
This section of the trail takes you from the Hanseatic city of Bolsward to the Wadden Sea dike north of the Afsluitdijk. Further on, the green meadows in this flat landscape give way to the grey clay of the mudflats.
The land you walk on as you pass the little villages of Skettens, Witmarsum and Arum was once beneath the sea. The local people started building dikes around the salt marshes in this area from 1100 onwards.
Towards the village of Kimswerd, the Elfstedenpad trail follows part of the Pingjumer Gulden Halsband (Gold Collar of Pingjum), a unique ring dike built in the 11th century. You walk through the village of Kimswerd (the home of the Frisian rebel leader and pirate Grutte Pier) onto the mudflats where today the fertile seabed produces a plentiful supply of beets, grain and potatoes.
Sights on this route
8701 WE Bolsward
8821 PK Kimswerd
Directions
8701 WE Bolsward
- Wandel Bolsward uit via 81 - 74 - 23 (Skettens)
- Door naar knooppunt 46 - 15 - 16 om in Witmarsum te komen.
- In Witmarsum rechtsaf naar 14 - 70 - 71 (Arum).
- Door naar 65 - 92 - 93 - 87 - 35 - 39 om uit te komen in Kimswerd. Daar nog even rechtdoor naar 75 - 31 om de Waddenzeedijk te bereiken.
8821 PK Kimswerd
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Aldtsjerk – Damwâld | Section 3 of the Circular Route through the Noardlike Fryske Wâlden National Landscape conservation area
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