Wommels
Wommels
Wommels is a mound village located in the heart of the Greidhoek. Every year, the Freulepartij is played in Wommels, which is a highlight on the village's calendar.
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Wommels is a mound village located in the heart of the Greidhoek.
Wommels is a characteristic mound village with a rich history in the cheese trade. There are still several former cheese warehouses in the village, and one of these warehouses houses the museum 'It Tsiispakhûs,' where you can learn more about Wommels' dairy past.
Every year, the Freulepartij is played in Wommels, which is a highlight on the village's calendar. In the center stands the Jacobikerk, which is almost impossible to miss. In the vicinity of Wommels, you can find beautiful neighboring villages, such as Itens and Easterein.
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Makkum War Memorial
Makkum War Memorial
By 16 April, the major part of Friesland had been liberated. But some important targets of the Canadians had not yet been achieved. They wanted to win the Frisian ports and the Head of the Afsluitdijk from the Germans as quickly as possible. But they would be hard fought. Both the ports and the Afsluitdijk were used by German soldiers to escape to North Holland.Â
As elsewhere in Friesland, the Canadians were helped by resistance fighters from the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (N.B.S.) They suffered several casualties near Makkum. On 16 April, Schelte Bruinsma and Simon Sipma were killed in an attack on a farm in which the Germans had entrenched themselves. The next day, another group tried to occupy a bridge under Makkum. However, the Germans caught sight of them and in the ensuing gunfight, Rinnert Anema, Roelof van der Meer and Hendrik Postma were killed. Makkum was liberated on 18 April, as one of the last villages in Friesland. Â
The monument at the Buren in Makkum was unveiled in 1952 in commemoration of the members of the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces who were killed around the village during the struggle for liberation.Â
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