De Wilp - Wijnjewoude | Section 6 of the Bonifatius Kloosterpad Monastery Route
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This section of the Bonifatius Kloosterpad Monastery Route leads through the beautiful hedgerow and woodland landscape of the Noardlike Fryske Wâlden National Landscape conservation area.
You walk through an area where peat was cut from raised bogs. Important monasteries founded daughter houses here to obtain peat and farm the land.
Near the village of Bakkeveen there was a daughter house with a chapel and churchyard. This was where the devout hermit Dodo van Haske lived.
Later he moved to the village of Haskerdijken where he died when his dilapidated hermitage collapsed, burying him beneath rubble. After his death he was declared a saint. Kapelle van Haskerdijken church, which now stands on the site where he lived, is part of the Jabikspaad pilgrimage route in Friesland.
Sights on this route
Starting point
Plantsoen
9367 De Wilp
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Uitkijkpunt Bakkeveen
Een prachtig uitkijkpunt nabij de duinen van Bakkeveen. Vanaf hier kijkt u ver over het prachtige natuurgebied. De Belvedere is 23 meter hoog en is geopend op 22 juli 2005. Het Bakkeveense uitkijkpunt is gratis toegankelijk.
Duurswouderheide Nature Reserve
The Duurswouderheide nature reserve is a large heathland reserve in Southeast Friesland that is managed by Staatsbosbeheer, the national forestry organisation that oversees the Netherlands’ green heritage.
Duurswouderheide Nature Reserve
Duurswouderheide Nature Reserve
Breeberchspaed 1
9241 WP Wijnjewoude
End point
Ald Duerswald
9241 Wijnjewoude
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