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Nederland - Oisterwijk, Groot Kolkven
Nederland - Oisterwijk, Kerkhovense Molen
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Nederland - Petten, Zand tegen Zee
About 15.000 years ago the Netherlands and the UK were connected by a land mass. The arctic ice stretched out into Germany and Scotland. When temperatures started to rise, the ice receded and the meltwater caused the rise of the sea levels. The residents of the low-lying regions started to move to higher locations. About 1.000 years ago people started to build dikes to protect their land against the sea. Nowadays nearly half of the Netherlands lies below sea level and is protected by 14.000 kilometers of dikes.
One of the most impressive dikes in the Netherlands is the Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering. The name of this sea wall appears in records for the first time around 1350. The first dike was made entirely of sand. In 1873 the Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering became the dike as it stands today with heavy basalt blocks on the sea-facing side.
On 1 February 1953 the Netherlands was hit by a devastating flooding. Large parts of the western provinces of the country were flooded and more than 1.800 people drowned during these floods. The Dutch government decided the so called ‘Deltaplan’, to create coastal reinforcements. Due to this plan the Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering was raised till a height of 11,5 meters above NAP (Amsterdam Ordnance Datum).
The climate is changing and sea levels are still rising. That means that several weak spots in the Dutch coastline had/have to be reinforced again. Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering was one of these weak links. The authorities decided to use a new method for the reinforcement: Zand tegen Zee (Sand versus Sea). The dike itself was not raised, but instead March 2014 started the project to create a beach and dune area in front of the dike, stretching over eight kilometers between Petten and Camperduin and 250 meters wide. Approximately 35 million cubic meters of sand was used for this new piece of land of about 400 soccer fields.
This approach resulted in a new recreation area with a new beach, cycling and walking paths, but also a new area for birds with a dune lake (PiP 3). The main picture and PiP 2 were taken from a newly created panorama dune (PiP 1) with a height of 26 meters near Petten.
One of the most impressive dikes in the Netherlands is the Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering. The name of this sea wall appears in records for the first time around 1350. The first dike was made entirely of sand. In 1873 the Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering became the dike as it stands today with heavy basalt blocks on the sea-facing side.
On 1 February 1953 the Netherlands was hit by a devastating flooding. Large parts of the western provinces of the country were flooded and more than 1.800 people drowned during these floods. The Dutch government decided the so called ‘Deltaplan’, to create coastal reinforcements. Due to this plan the Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering was raised till a height of 11,5 meters above NAP (Amsterdam Ordnance Datum).
The climate is changing and sea levels are still rising. That means that several weak spots in the Dutch coastline had/have to be reinforced again. Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering was one of these weak links. The authorities decided to use a new method for the reinforcement: Zand tegen Zee (Sand versus Sea). The dike itself was not raised, but instead March 2014 started the project to create a beach and dune area in front of the dike, stretching over eight kilometers between Petten and Camperduin and 250 meters wide. Approximately 35 million cubic meters of sand was used for this new piece of land of about 400 soccer fields.
This approach resulted in a new recreation area with a new beach, cycling and walking paths, but also a new area for birds with a dune lake (PiP 3). The main picture and PiP 2 were taken from a newly created panorama dune (PiP 1) with a height of 26 meters near Petten.
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HFF and good weekend.
Bonne fin de semaine, Jaap
Have a top weekend....
HFF
happy weekend:)
As always a really interesting narrative...............it's obvious that some innovative work is being done to cope with the inevitable results of climate change..........and it seems to be working!
HFF to you. I hope you have a great weekend.
HFF and a great weekend
HFF and a great weekend
Ich wünsche dir ein schönes Wochenende.
Thank you for this beautiful sharing!
HFF and have a very nice weekend, Jaap!.
Füsun
HFF have a great weekend.
TOZ.
Great pictures that are so tempting...how nice it would be to go for a bike ride or hike here.
You are our ipernity travel guide! :)
I really like this scene, and great information too.
In England we all learn the story of the little Dutch boy who put his fingers in the dyke.....!
Best Wishes, HFF, and a good weekend
Peter
I have been in Petten two times and will probably be there again this summer. At the moment I have only one public photo of Petten on ipernity taken in 2015 (www.ipernity.com/doc/guidowerner/45673032). But I have quite a lot of photos made last year that I still need to process. Hopefully I will have the time soon to care about them.
I remembered the story of Hans Brinker which we were told in Elementary school, either in Social studies, or may be English as second language. Hope the story of Hans Brinker is relevant here.
Thanks for sharing.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
Have a nice weekend
bon week-end Jaap !
Prettig weekend.
The text is splendid
Thank you very much, Jaap
Have a nice weekend!
ce fut un travail arasant et c'était nécessaire pour le bien être des habitants et leur sécurité !
Schönes Restwochenende noch!
I really enjoy the read and the excellent photograph!
mooie serie
Yes, global warming and rising water levels raise concerns about other needs. These dikes seem low and yet a monstrous volume of sand is required (as for concrete in building construction, it must be bought from deprived areas...?).
Interesting in both sight and reading.
Ben je ook nog naar het Palendorp geweest? Als je heeeeel goed kijkt, zie je het in jouw foto middenboven aan het eind op het strand liggen. Ook een fantastische pl,ek om te bekijken.
Groet, Christien.
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to Chris10 clubDat palendorp gemist, als alles goed gaat kom ik volgend jaar weer in de buurt en zet ik het op de 'lijst'.
Chris10 club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen clubWünsche noch ein schönes Adventwochenende,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
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