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Around Lake Nannewijd | Liberation route

(28.5 km)

Many special stories can be experienced on this walking tour between Heerenveen and Joure. Numerous locations on and around lake Nannewijd harbour the traces of people who contributed to the liberation of Friesland or who, like Frisian Canadian soldier Gaele Visser, were involved in the liberation of Western Europe.

In November 1944, for instance, Lykele Faber was dropped at Haskerhorne with Peter Tazelaar as secret agents to maintain radio contact with London, organize the Frisian resistance and help set up locations where weapons and ammunition could be dropped by parachute. Haskerhorne is one such place.

Lykele Faber's story is again closely linked to that of pilot John Gordon Fraser, who had to make an emergency landing with his plane just south of Lake Nannewijd, managed to go into hiding with the help of the resistance and assisted Faber until liberation. 

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Many special stories can be experienced on this walking tour between Heerenveen and Joure. Numerous locations on and around lake Nannewijd harbour the traces of people who contributed to the liberation of Friesland or who, like Frisian Canadian soldier Gaele Visser, were involved in the liberation of Western Europe.

In November 1944, for instance, Lykele Faber was dropped at Haskerhorne with Peter Tazelaar as secret agents to maintain radio contact with London, organize the Frisian resistance and help set up locations where weapons and ammunition could be dropped by parachute. Haskerhorne is one such place.

Lykele Faber's story is again closely linked to that of pilot John Gordon Fraser, who had to make an emergency landing with his plane just south of Lake Nannewijd, managed to go into hiding with the help of the resistance and assisted Faber until liberation. 

In the run-up to the liberation, fierce battles were fought with the retreating German occupiers near Scharsterbrug, just south of Joure where one Canadian Soldier, Lucien Potvin, died. First with the resistance, shortly afterwards with the Canadians. It also meant the end of Richard Jung, the Czech who ended up in Friesland after wandering through Europe and emerged as a courageous resistance fighter, always willing to voluntarily do the toughest and most dangerous work.

Liberation Route Europe is a transnational memorial. A route that connects memorial sites and stories from all over Europe. For more information, visit www.liberationroute.com

Sights on this route

Starting point:

Dubbele Regel 2
8441 AP Heerenveen
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Dropping geheim agenten

Bij Haskerhorne dropt een vliegtuig in de nacht van 1 op 2 november 1944 een waardevolle lading: de twee geheim agenten Peter Tazelaar en Lykele Faber. De mannen hebben een belangrijke opdracht: het opzetten van een geheime zender.

Dropping geheim agenten
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Noodlanding Hawker Typhoon

Op 11 november 1944 kregen piloten van de Royal Canadian Air Force, die hun basis hadden op vliegveld Welschap bij Eindhoven, de opdracht om in twee groepen de sluis bij Terherne te bombarderen.

Noodlanding Hawker Typhoon
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Monument Richard Jung

Richard Jung werd geboren op 27 februari 1911 te Reichenberg in Tjechië. Hij was rangeerder bij de Tsjechische Spoorwegen en pleegde sabotage tegen het Duitse leger.

Monument Richard Jung
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Wapendroppings in Friesland - Haskerhorne

'De worm heeft rode haren', 'Doe de groeten aan Jozef'. Met dit soort slagzinnen werden wapendroppings aangekondigd.

Wapendroppings in Friesland - Haskerhorne
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Monument Scharsterbrug

Het dorp Scharsterbrug en de brug over de Scharster-Rijn waren belangrijk voor de Duitse verdedigers. Beide lagen op de weg naar Lemmer waar honderden Duitse militairen per schip hoopten te kunnen ontkomen naar Noord-Holland.

Monument Scharsterbrug
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Knooppunt Joure

Het dorp Joure was in april 1945 voor zowel de Duitse als Canadese militairen een belangrijk knooppunt. De inwoners zagen aanvankelijk honderden moegestreden Duitse militairen voorbij komen.

Knooppunt Joure
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Monument Gaele Visser

On May 2, 2015, a monument was unveiled here for the Frisian-Canadian soldier Gaele Visser, born in Haskerhorne in 1920 and emigrated to Canada in 1930.

Monument Gaele Visser
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8441 AP Heerenveen
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