ESOX LUCIUS
RINGMOAT HELLEVOETSLUIS
The reeds are blazing in the setting winter sun. You're looking at what is called the 'Zoute Kom' (Salt bowl) of the ringmoat arround the fortress of Hellevoetsluis. And I'am standing on the former seadike, dividing the moat and the sea. This part of the ringmoat used to be salt water. Now it is salt no longer, because the Haringvliet has become a fres water lake, boardering the North Sea (all part of the Deltaworks). The concrete bunker you see is a remnant of German fabrication, build in the years the Germans where guests in our little country by the sea. They sure liked this vantage point for they constructed numerous concrete dwellings that have a view over the sea....
If you want to get your geographical bearings go to Mapping the Sites and look for number 8 Hellevoetsluis in the map.
RINGMOAT HELLEVOETSLUIS
The reeds are blazing in the setting winter sun. You're looking at what is called the 'Zoute Kom' (Salt bowl) of the ringmoat arround the fortress of Hellevoetsluis. And I'am standing on the former seadike, dividing the moat and the sea. This part of the ringmoat used to be salt water. Now it is salt no longer, because the Haringvliet has become a fres water lake, boardering the North Sea (all part of the Deltaworks). The concrete bunker you see is a remnant of German fabrication, build in the years the Germans where guests in our little country by the sea. They sure liked this vantage point for they constructed numerous concrete dwellings that have a view over the sea....
If you want to get your geographical bearings go to Mapping the Sites and look for number 8 Hellevoetsluis in the map.