Groepsaccommodatie Appelscha - de Zwarte & Bonte specht
Appelscha
New group accommodation with room for 14 people
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This new group accommodation can be booked from June 2023. De Zwarte Specht is suitable for families of up to 14 people. There are five bedrooms in total, four of which are suitable for two people and the fifth bedroom is suitable for six people. There are also four bathrooms, each with a shower and sink. There is a spacious living room with a fully equipped kitchen and an adjoining nice terrace where you can enjoy the outdoors on sunny days. The children can use the large playground next to the group accommodation. If the weather is not so good, the children can play in the BosSpeelhuis.
Location
The accommodations of Group accommodation Appelscha are beautifully situated in the middle of the woods of the Drents-Friese Wold. The village of Appelscha, with supermarkets, bakery and a number of shops and restaurants, is less than 4 kilometers away, and you can easily cycle here. Due to its location in the Drents-Friese Wold, the surroundings of the Group accommodation Appelscha are ideal for walks or cycling trips.
Important to know
- Students and groups of men are not allowed in the accommodation.
- Guests must fit within a target group of families with children.
- After 22:30 it must be quiet on the premises, due to inconvenience to other guests.
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The liberation of Friesland
The liberation of Friesland
By 18 April, the whole province of Friesland had been liberated, except for the Wadden Islands. Compared to other provinces, there was little fighting in Friesland. Overall, the few thousand German troops who had been unable to escape from Friesland were defeated by the Canadians relatively quickly.
The commander of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, Lieutenant Colonel Landell, praised the actions of the resistance by stating that "Friesland liberated herself". While that may be a bit of an exaggeration, the actions of the Frisian resistance undoubtedly accelerated the liberation. And reduced the number of casualties on the Allied side.
At least 31 resistance fighters lost their lives in confrontations with German troops and their Dutch accomplices. At least eleven Canadians and one Frenchman were killed on the Allied side. Dozens of civilian victims were also killed in the fighting and shelling. The number of casualties on the German side is not known, but it is believed that the number ran into hundreds. With 320 destroyed and 4000 damaged homes and 80 destroyed bridges, Friesland was materially the least damaged province of the Netherlands.
Many German soldiers fled towards the western part of the country. The retreating German troops gathered mostly in Harlingen, Makkum and Lemmer. From there, they tried to get away by boat across the IJsselmeer or via the Afsluitdijk to North Holland. The Wadden Islands also became a refuge for collaborators and German soldiers. Here, liberation was longer in coming.
On the island of Terschelling, the last German troops were disarmed by a British artillery regiment on 29 May. Two days later, the British crossed from Terschelling to Vlieland, and the liberation of that island was also a fact. Ameland was liberated on 3 June.
Personnel from the infamous Scholtenhuis, the SD headquarters in Groningen, had entrenched themselves on Schiermonnikoog. After their departure on 31 May, there was a celebration on the island, in spite of the six hundred members of the occupying troops who still were there. Only on 11 June did the last German soldiers leave Schiermonnikoog, and then the whole province of Friesland was free.
Most Canadian units that had liberated Friesland continued the battle in Groningen and North Germany after 18 April. Their war ended on 8 May 1945, when the surrender of all German armed forces became effective.
