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The sea has given and taken back....
At low tide, remnants of the acient reclaimed land can still be seen at the coast of the Frisian villages Paessens-Moddergat.
In front of the pole screen you can clearly see that the sea is very slowly regaining possesion of the land that the Frisians farmers and monks have conquered in the Middle Ages and so they were the pioneers of land reclamation and dyke construction!
Only centuries later, after the use of large windmills, the western provinces of North- and South Holland were able to drain larger area.
But however, the engineers made use of the methods of the Frisians and Groningers.
So it is a widespread misunderstanding that the Dutch were giving the fame of reclaiming land and the protection of the sea....
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The sea has given and taken back....
At low tide, remnants of the acient reclaimed land can still be seen at the coast of the Frisian villages Paessens-Moddergat.
In front of the pole screen you can clearly see that the sea is very slowly regaining possesion of the land that the Frisians farmers and monks have conquered in the Middle Ages and so they were the pioneers of land reclamation and dyke construction!
Only centuries later, after the use of large windmills, the western provinces of North- and South Holland were able to drain larger area.
But however, the engineers made use of the methods of the Frisians and Groningers.
So it is a widespread misunderstanding that the Dutch were giving the fame of reclaiming land and the protection of the sea....
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