Kampen, the Netherlands
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Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen, 8 oktober 2015
NL info: www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl/nl/234/bezoek/museum/
Eng info: www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl/en/234/visit/museum/
D info: www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl/de/234/besuch/museum/
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early morning and walking on te dike along the former Zuiderzee, which is today a lake called the IJsselmeer. We've left our B&B in Etersheim that is located in a former church. Very nice place to stay, very friendly people too.
This day we walked to the wellknown city Edam (you know Edammer cheese?)
chosen as group photo for Texture Mon Amour
august 2016
with a texture of Susan Weller
Last part of the Zuiderzeepad, a long distance trail that starts in in Enkhuizen. The trail goes all the way around the IJsselmeer, formely known as the Zuiderzee (South Sea). It is a path of about 500 km and a great joy to walk. So many different small towns, cities, villages, islands, dikes, sheep, ships. We ended in Stavoren and took the ferry back from the other side of the IJsselmeer to Enkhuizen again.
in het Zuiderzeemuseum van Enkhuizen.
De WR 351 is een wieringer Kotter, Bouwjaar: 1959 (Zaandam), Lengte: 18 meter
A fully rigged three-master that once served as a cargo ship on the old "Zuyder sea", now IJssel Lake, and the Wadden Sea.
This type of ship , a so called "Tjalk", was designed to sail through shallow waters and therefore a keel is missing at the bottom of such ships.
A keel ensures that a sailing ship cannot drift away sideways and for that reason the "swords" were made on both sides of these ships that could be lowered up or down. The effect is the same as a keel.
The antique cargo and fishing boats still in service are floating museum pieces and are cherised by their owners....
it was such a nice warm day in September at the start of a few days walking along the former Zuiderzee, now IJsselmeer
with textures of my own and of Lenabem- Anna J
The most iconic structure in all of Marken is certainly the so-called Paard van Marken ("Horse of Marken"), a monumental lighthouse that rises from the easternmost point of the peninsula; the current structure dates from 1839. The peculiar name stems from its shape, which consists of a 54-ft. (16m) tower attached to two pyramidal-roofed houses. Since the Paard van Marken is now a private residence, it is closed to the public.
This picturesque little village was originally situated on an island. Floods were regular and often disastrous. To protect their belongings and themselves from the water, the inhabitants created artificial dwelling hills on which they build their houses. As fishery became the main economic activity, the population grew rapidly. When the Afsluitdijk was finished in 1932, and the Zuiderzee became the fresh water IJsselmeer with no access to the sea, fishery activities came to an end. When the dike between Marken and the mainland was closed in 1957, Marken wasn't even a real island anymore. Nevertheless, the village still has the looks and feel of a fishermen's town and an island. For over a century, it has drawn in visitors who wanted a glance at its traditional costumes and picturesque houses.
The reed marshes of the "Ketelmeer" (NL) at the mputh of the rover "IJssel" in the "IJsselmeer" is known for its exceptional quality.
A part of this reed beds is harvested every year between September and December.
Due to its great strength it is used as roofing material.
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The most iconic structure in all of Marken is certainly the so-called Paard van Marken (Horse of Marken), a monumental lighthouse that rises from the easternmost point of the peninsula; the current structure dates from 1839. The peculiar name stems from its shape, which consists of a 54-ft. (16m) tower attached to two pyramidal-roofed houses. Since the Paard van Marken is now a private residence, it is closed to the public.
The IJsselmeer used to be a dangerous inland sea, called Zuyderzee. In 1932 it was cut off from the North Sea by a dyke with a length of 32 km and so she was tamed. But in a Southwestern storm she can still go on as before.....
On the "Middelbuurt", the most densely populated residential mound of the former island of Schokland is a little church where the islanders, engaged in a fierce struggle for existance and the battle against the water, also invoked heavenly powers.
This little church in an austere neoclassical style dates from 1834 and was paid for by the State.
A stone church stood on the same site from 1717, which was irreparably damaged in the storm disaster of 1825 and for which this church was built.
The little church and its adjacent presbytery is the only building remaining on this residential mound of the former island of Schokland after the evacuation of the island in 1859.
Both the church, presbytery and the residential mound were protected from the vagaries of the former "Zuiderzee" by a heavy wooden palisade and a piece of dike made of basalt stones.
The wooden building on the left is a replica of the ice-fleet barn that took its place as the shelter of the ice-fleet that was vital in harsh winters.
This was a boat under which liders were attached so that it could be pulled across the ice like a sled........
Breezanddijk, Ijsselmeer
This week´s business trip took me into the North of The Netherlands into the Province Noord-Holland. Despite many contacts and trips into the country this part of the Dutch North Sea coastline was quite unknown to me. It was a pleasure to experience the area around Den Helder and - by coincidence - I had my camera with me...
And meanwhile the wind gets gale force and the wet snow blows in my face and I only now can I imagine what it must have been like here as the whipped up sea crashed her high waves against he splash wharf in front of the lightkeeper's house.
The only thing that reassures me is the fact that I'm standing safe in the middle of the fields of the "Noordoostpolder" and that the former sea, today's "IJsselmeer" , is raging many miles away.
Until 1875, the lighthouse was a wooden dwelling and the lighthouse consited of a petroleum light.
During heavy storm and heavy ice conditons, the lighthouse keeper and his family had to be resqued from the dead several times.
Untill that date, the canal was owned by a private company and a toll was charged for the passage and use of the moorings.
In 1876, the Department of Public Works became the manager of the canal and applied considerable improvements, including the repair of the seriously neclected dams and the construction of a new lightkeeper's house in an austere neoclassical style.
The light on the house was a white light, and the interior of the house included a cast-iron structure supporting the heavy light tower.
The light was visible as far as 18,5 kilometers from the sea.
Inside the house was a water tank connected to the sea like a communicating barrel.
The tank contained a device very modern for the time, the self -recording gauge, so that the lightkeeper could read the water levels inside the house in rough weather.
After the Zuiderzee was closed off, the dams were demolished and the basalt stones were reused to build the dikes of the Noordoostpolder........
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........
Sailboat on the Markermeer, Netherlands. Seen from the Marken peninsula.
Wikipedia:
The Markermeer is a 700 km² lake in the central Netherlands in between North Holland, Flevoland and its larger sibling, the IJsselmeer. A shallow lake at some 3 to 5 m in depth, it is named after the small former island, now peninsula, of Marken that lies within it. The southwest side of the lake that begins where the IJ once emptied into the Zuiderzee is known as the IJmeer.
STAVOREN - Colourful new houses are a beautiful reference to the historic harbour quayside, and are reminiscent of Copenhagen.
VOLENDAM - The (36e) Pieperrace (pieper = spud) is held in commemoration of the risky potato transports that took place on the IJsselmeer during World War II, when Volendammer fishermen brought potatoes from Friesland to supply the Hospitals in Amsterdam.
STAVOREN - De "Mars" werd gebouwd in 1924 als zeilende kustvaarder. Na vele vaartochten op de Oostzee en langs de Engelse kust, werd deze stoere Groninger zeillogger in 1996 compleet gerenoveerd. Dit was nodig om er een passagiersschip van te maken die voldeed aan alle eisen voor veiligheid en comfort. Inmiddels vaart de Mars al weer geruime tijd op de Waddenzee en het IJsselmeer.
STAVOREN - The "Mars" was built in 1924 as a sailing coaster. After many cruises on the Baltic Sea and along the English coast, this sturdy Groningen sailing logger was completely renovated in 1996. This was necessary to turn it into a passenger ship that met all the requirements for safety and comfort. Meanwhile, the Mars has been sailing on the Wadden Sea and the IJsselmeer for quite some time.
VOLENDAM - The (36e) Pieperrace (pieper = spud) is held in Commemoration of the risky Potato transports that took place on the IJsselmeer during World War II, when Volendammer Fishermen brought Potatoes from Friesland to supply the Hospitals in Amsterdam.
The Flevo building is located on the Achtergracht in Zwolle and is a municipal monument from 1898.
For a long time the craft school was located here, later the IJsselmeer Polders Service was housed and hence plans for the Flevopolder were put into execution. Then the building was called 'Flevogebouw'.