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Welcome to the sea bed........
Schokland the former island reclaimed from much of the former "Zuiderzee" lies like a fish on dry land in the middle of the Northeast Polder, and is seen worldwide as the symbol of the Dutch struggle against the water and is included in the World Heritage List of the Unesco.
The island is fringed with a planted row of trees that emphasize the former contours of the island.
The island consists of peat soil and now the island is no longer enclosed by the seawater, this peat soil is increasingly sinking in and becomes part of the sea clay of the Northeast Polder.
The island has a tragic history as the ferocious former Zuiderzee swept away pieces of coastline further and further, bit by bit.
The seawall consisted of a single basalt piece of dike here and there, while the vast majority was formed by a wooden stockade.
The very poor population lives mainly from fishing, but there were also a small numbers of farms.
The situation got very bad when the pile worm made its appearance in the Zuiderzee, when it was taken by the East Indies sailing ships of the United East India Company.This worm practically ate away the wooden pilings around the island.
The situation became untenable, and when the island was inundated by a violent storm and storm surge in 1825, there were calls to evacuate the island.
However, it was not untill 1859 that King William III declared the order to evacuate the island by now being able to ensure safety was impossible and the povery of the population was dire.
Until the closure and reclamation, Schokland remained untill 1942 in existence with a few more employees and their families of the Department of Public Works including a harbor master and a lighthouse keeper.
We are standing here at the former harbor that was reconstructed until recently and look across the old path toward the harborlight, where there is the old lightkeeper's house and the small building where on the roof the foghorn was mounted.
This harbor was an important point of orientation for the busy shipping traffic to the route to the mouth of the river "IJssel" and the very important town of "Kampen".
During stormy weather the harbor was a port of refuge for the ships that sometimes remained at the quays for days........
Welcome to the sea bed........
Schokland the former island reclaimed from much of the former "Zuiderzee" lies like a fish on dry land in the middle of the Northeast Polder, and is seen worldwide as the symbol of the Dutch struggle against the water and is included in the World Heritage List of the Unesco.
The island is fringed with a planted row of trees that emphasize the former contours of the island.
The island consists of peat soil and now the island is no longer enclosed by the seawater, this peat soil is increasingly sinking in and becomes part of the sea clay of the Northeast Polder.
The island has a tragic history as the ferocious former Zuiderzee swept away pieces of coastline further and further, bit by bit.
The seawall consisted of a single basalt piece of dike here and there, while the vast majority was formed by a wooden stockade.
The very poor population lives mainly from fishing, but there were also a small numbers of farms.
The situation got very bad when the pile worm made its appearance in the Zuiderzee, when it was taken by the East Indies sailing ships of the United East India Company.This worm practically ate away the wooden pilings around the island.
The situation became untenable, and when the island was inundated by a violent storm and storm surge in 1825, there were calls to evacuate the island.
However, it was not untill 1859 that King William III declared the order to evacuate the island by now being able to ensure safety was impossible and the povery of the population was dire.
Until the closure and reclamation, Schokland remained untill 1942 in existence with a few more employees and their families of the Department of Public Works including a harbor master and a lighthouse keeper.
We are standing here at the former harbor that was reconstructed until recently and look across the old path toward the harborlight, where there is the old lightkeeper's house and the small building where on the roof the foghorn was mounted.
This harbor was an important point of orientation for the busy shipping traffic to the route to the mouth of the river "IJssel" and the very important town of "Kampen".
During stormy weather the harbor was a port of refuge for the ships that sometimes remained at the quays for days........