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TOP Bakkeveen
TOP Bakkeveen
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Sint Martenskerk (Dorpskerk) Beetsterzwaag
Sint Martenskerk (Dorpskerk) Beetsterzwaag
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De Weyde Blick
De Weyde Blick
Direct boekbaar
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Poppodium Het Bolwerk
Poppodium Het Bolwerk
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Schatzenburg
Schatzenburg
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HarTeluk Joure
HarTeluk Joure
Direct boekbaar
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Camper pitches Landgoed Lindehof
Camper pitches Landgoed Lindehof
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Tjioemboeloeit– Woonhuis en opslagschuur voor kunstmest
Tjioemboeloeit– Woonhuis en opslagschuur voor kunstmest
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Zijda Yachting - Liona Elite
Zijda Yachting - Liona Elite
Direct boekbaar
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Alexanderkerk Rinsumageast
Alexanderkerk Rinsumageast
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E-bike oplaadpunt in Sneek
E-bike oplaadpunt in Sneek
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The battle for the Tjonger bridge in Mildam
The battle for the Tjonger bridge in Mildam
In the afternoon of 12 April, rumours had reached Mildam that Englishmen or perhaps Canadians had been sighted at Peperga. The Canadian vanguards had entered Friesland. For the inhabitants of Mildam it was still a surprise when at first one and shortly afterwards another military vehicle with a few men in khaki-coloured overalls stopped at the bridge.
These vehicles were part of a patrol of "D" Squadron Royal Canadian Dragoons commanded by Lieutenant Homer Thomas. These Canadians established that unlike other bridges, the bridge in Mildam over the Tjonger had not yet been blown up by the occupying forces. The fact that the Tjonger bridge in Mildam had not been destroyed was due to the local resistance movement. The Germans had indeed planned to blow up this bridge as well. But at the risk of their own lives, resistance fighters had removed the detonators from the explosives affixed to the bridge.
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The Squadron Commander immediately ordered all units to secure the bridge. And the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces were also requested to provide men. The precautions turned out to be justified. In the night of 12 to 13 April, German troops launched one of their few counter-attacks in the province of Friesland. From Heerenveen, they managed to surprise the Canadians in Mildam. They tried to regain control of the bridge three times. During the fierce fighting, Canadian vehicles were knocked out. But the Dragoons stood firm, and the Germans were driven off again. Mildam was freed. ÂFour Canadian soldiers were injured in the fighting. The number of casualties on the German side is unknown. There was property damage in Mildam, but no civilians were killed. With a little less luck, though, there would have been several Dutch casualties. In the early morning of 13 April, a group of dozens of resistance fighters approached the bridge at dusk from the direction of Nieuweschoot. This was the reinforcement requested by the Canadians on 12 April when the undamaged bridge was discovered. The resistance fighters were partly carrying captured German weapons and were not noticed by the Dragoons in the semi-darkness until late.
Lieutenant Thomas, mentioned earlier, almost gave the order to open fire. It was only at the last moment that it became clear that they were not Germans. The resistance members had managed to make themselves known by singing songs in English.Â
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The preservation of the bridge was important. During the following days, the Canadians would make extensive use of the bridge to advance further in the direction of Leeuwarden and liberate the province of Friesland.Â
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Vrouw met duiven
Vrouw met duiven
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Peal 6: T-splitsing
Peal 6: T-splitsing
Dit punt is ûnderdiel fan it trajekt 'It Paad Werom Terherne'. Besjoch de hiele rûte. Let op: Dizze rûte begjint by it grutte parkearplak yn it doarp, Koailan 2
(harkje hjir nei it audioferhaal)
Ja, want ek dizze T-spitsing bestiet út wetter! En it hûs oan de rjochter hân, mei it izeren stek deromhinne is yn dizze tiid in stôkâld wenhús mei in winkel dat omringe is mei fearten. Al die fearten hawwe ek allegearre wer fertakkings. En ek hjirre giet al it ferkear oer it wetter. Wat in stoatersk plakje om te wenjen midden op dit knooppunt! Terherne as Lyts Venetie. It âlde klintsje mei winkel op dizze hoeke baarnt ôf yn 1920. Dêrnei wurdt dit wenhûs bouwd.
Kom we stekke oer, nei de tsjerke op’e oare kant, de Fermanje.Â
We geane werom nei 1870, de tiid wêryn de goeddogger Dornseiffen preket. Yn Terherne is gjin grutte tsjerkestiid. De beide dûmny’s fan beide tsjerken wurkje goed meielkoar op. Links sjogge je de tinkstien stean, dy’t postuum yn 1922 troch de mienskippelike Fryske Skippers oprjochte is foar Dûmny Dornseiffen. Hy kriget dit as wurdearring foar it oprjochtsjen fan it skoalfûns foar skippersbern, wêr’t ik dy earder oer fertelde.
Okee, we geane wer fierder. Stek de dyk mar wer oer en rin by de supermerk del op nei de brêge. We komme hjir troch in stikje ‘Buorren’. It is hjir sterk feroare. Do witst sa linkendewei al dat Terherne as lyts Venetie is yn dizze tiid. Tusken dizze âlde húskes, links en rjochts fan ús, sjochst lytse smelle steechjes. De steechjes binne en wiene âlder dan de húskes dy’t bouwd binne. Alle steechjes rûnen nei it wetter. As der yn dy tiid drones west hiene, soest prachtige bylden sjen fan lytse postsegeltsjes grûn, omfieme mei wetter. Mei oan it wetter lytse húskes. Ho ris , we stopje eefkes krekt foar de pizzeria. It Pân mei de giele stienen en it griene haachje. Sjoch hjir marris om dy hinne. Dizze buorren, it sintrum fan it doarp is pas nei 1876 ûntstien. It begong mei in hiel smel dykje wêr’t noch gjin auto del koe. Der moasten ferskate húzen fuortbrutsen wurde om in strjitsje oanlizze te kinnen.
As we foar de pizzaria rjochts de gloppe yn rinne, sjogge we oan it ein it húske wêr’t ‘Ferhoalen Herntsje’, oftewol ‘Verborgen Hoekje’ stiet. Der stiet hjir in groepke mei lytse en âlde húskes. Hjir wennen allegearre skippers. We rinne werom nei de dyk en geane fierder nei de brêge. By de bankjes neist de brêge, stiet it folgjende pealtsje.
Dit punt is ûnderdiel fan it trajekt 'It Paad Werom Terherne'. Klik hjir om werom te gean nei de rûte. Let op: Dizze rûte begjint by it grutte parkearplak yn it doarp, Koailan 2
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Binnendyk 106
Binnendyk 106
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Menneweg
Menneweg
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Beeld Hein Mader Oosterwolde Zuid
Beeld Hein Mader Oosterwolde Zuid
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Kartbaan Leeuwarden
Kartbaan Leeuwarden
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Mardiek, De Pôlle
Mardiek, De Pôlle
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Craft cotton printing factory, Kleine Lijn
Craft cotton printing factory, Kleine Lijn
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Vakantiehuisjes Marsherne
Vakantiehuisjes Marsherne
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Het Lindedal
Het Lindedal
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Anne-Famkes Pleats
Anne-Famkes Pleats
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Sluis Workum
Sluis Workum
