Paterspoel en Suzanna sluis

The Paterspoel with the Suzanna Sluis has an illustrious past that goes back to the Eighty Years' War. A farmer named Paterke caused Spanish soldiers to fall off his boat here. The fortress in Landsmeer was conquered by the Spaniards at the height of the Keering. Klein Paterke was allowed to transport heavily armed Spanish soldiers to Watergang, but Paterke did not like the Spaniards and came up with a ruse. As soon as he was out of sight, sailing through the tall reeds and through a deep ditch, he stood on the side of the ship's edge and began to rock. The soldiers, who were not prepared for this, rolled over each other and when the barge capsized they fell overboard. Klein Paterke repeated this act of beggary six more times.