Heritage Open Day 2023 - Route Southwest

Description

This cycle route has been specially created for Open Monumentendag 2023. You can find more information about the participating buildings on the national website of Open Monumentendag. Here you can also download a program booklet in PDF. Or view all routes of this weekend via Visit Hollands Kroon .

You can use any point on this route as a start or end point.

Short description Southwest

The former fishing village of Kolhorn is located on the West Frisian dike. It is not hard to imagine that this was once a port on the Zuiderzee. Due to the reclamation, it is now located in the West Frisian landscape. Kolhorn, like Barsingerhorn, is a protected village view. The old cores with monumental farms and characteristic buildings are protected in this way. Haringhuizen, together with Barsingerhorn, received city rights from Count Willem VI in 1415.

Tramabri

Heerenweg next to 1, Barsingerhorn

The tramabri was built around 1910 together with three identical shelters. The shelter was located at the place where the tram track crosses Heerenweg.

The client for the guardhouse was NV Tramweg Wieringen - Schagen. The organization entered into an operating agreement with the Hollandse Spoorweg Maatschappij.

For the Schagen - Barsingerhorn section, which has been part of the tram line Schagen to Hoorn since 1898, joint use was obtained by the Stoomtram Maatschappij West-Friesland. At Barsingerhorn, the tram line of the NV Tramweg Wieringen - Schagen split off and went on its own track in the direction of Wieringerwaard and the terminus Van Ewijcksluis, from where a connecting ferry service with the island of Wieringen was maintained.

The tram line was opened on March 1, 1912. It was closed in 1936.

The shelter was thoroughly restored around 2000, with the material largely renewed. The track is no longer there. The trace/railway line is still visible in the landscape near the restored building and in other places.

Willibrord Church

Dorpsstraat 9, Haringhuizen

The Willibrordus Church with its impressive history still forms the heart of the small village of Haringhuizen in the north of North Holland. The church at Dorpsstraat 9 is raised on a mound and dates from the ^14th century. The interior is attractive and in beautiful condition, contains a pulpit and baptismal gate from 1654. Due to the lack of pews, the atmospheric space can be arranged entirely according to your own wishes.

The old tombstones can still be admired on the floor. In the church there is a completely renovated English organ that is praised by many organists. This church is used for various activities. Examples include: weddings and mourning, concerts and as an inspiring meeting location. The space is even occasionally used as a yoga studio or meditation room.

The Willibrorduskerk can be visited on Saturday and Sunday.

In recent years, musical accompaniment has always been present in the church. What activities will be organized this year is still a surprise.

More information on the website of the Old Dutch Churches Foundation.

Landheads tram line

Weereweg opposite 124, Lutjewinkel

These two abutments, on either side of the ditch, were built in 1897 - 1898 by order of the NV Stoomtramwegmaatschappij'Westfriesland\\\' as part of the Wognum - Schagen steam tram line, which was in use from the opening on October 30, 1898 until February 1, 1930.

The bridge between the two abutments has disappeared, but the abutments are still there. The trace of the tramway, curving in the direction of Lutjewinkel and straight in the direction of Barsingerhorn, is still recognizable in the landscape. In 1985, on the initiative of the Historical Niedorp Foundation, 30 meters of railway line was reconstructed on the southeast side of the abutments. To make this section of track accessible to pedestrians, a reversible wooden footbridge has been constructed over the country courts.

The abutments can always be visited. Information board is present.

Pumping the Watchfulness

Weereweg 18a, Lutjewinkel

The Waak ability pumping station was founded in 1959. The pumping station was originally equipped with two horizontal screw pumps, made by Stork, which were powered by four-cylinder Stork-Ricardo diesel engines.

The pumping station was modernized in 2003. The pumps were overhauled and the diesel engines were replaced by electric motors. The capacity of the pumping station is therefore now 1,800 m3 per minute. The old diesel engines were given a museum destination; one was moved to the Motors and Crafts Museum in Nieuwe Niedorp and the other to pumping station De Tuut, where the motor will also be seen working in due course.

During Heritage Day, the pumping station can only be viewed from the outside.

Anchovyol KH44

Westfriesedijk opposite 66c, Kolhorn

Until 1929, Kolhorn was a port on the former Zuiderzee. Of the fishing fleet from that time, only the anchovy chole KH44 has been preserved. What is also special is that the history of this iron ship dating from 1899 is fully known.

For example, we know that on April 23, 1900 the Stavorensche Bomboot was launched at the WF Stoel & Son shipyard in Alkmaar. The yard, which was founded by Willem Frederik Stoel in 1863, later bore the name Nicolaas Witsen. A mayor of Amsterdam, who also gained fame as a researcher of technical developments in shipbuilding. Under yard number 186, the dinghy was commissioned by Pieter Bood IJz. from Kolhorn built in the winter of 1899 / 1900.

Pieter Bood named his dinghy, fishery number KH44, Jansje Johanna (named after his youngest daughter, born on October 21, 1891).

On Saturday and Sunday you can sail on the dinghy from 1 pm to 5 pm (last departure at 4 pm).

On Saturday and Sunday between 13:00 and 17:00, you can make a round trip of approximately one hour with the authentic anchovy lollipop KH44. There is sailing on the Kolhornerdiep. The exact route depends on the wind! Sailing and fishing techniques are told and if possible they are demonstrated. The history of Kolhorn and the polders around it is also discussed.

More information on the website   of the Kolhorn Sailing Heritage Foundation.

Museum de Turfschuur

Westfriesedijk 66c, Kolhorn

Museum'de Turfschuur\\\' is a small and well-arranged museum, located on the old West Frisian Omringdijk. In the museum you can see and experience everything about the struggle of the provincial and local population to literally and figuratively keep their heads above water. In addition, extensive attention is paid to the changes in the landscape in North Holland and West Friesland in particular. With an original 4-part model and a short video presentation you get a good picture of 1000 years of struggle against the water and the development of the landscape. From tidal inlets and Wadden coast, drowned villages and the Zuiderzee, to fertile polders.

Through photos and special objects you will become acquainted with the varied maritime history of Kolhorn and the"madder production\\\" in the Waard and Groet polders.

From May 2022, the temporary exhibition will focus on the local tradespeople that disappeared around the 1960s.

Can be visited on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This weekend the entrance is free. Visitors can enjoy a cup of coffee with the so-called Calf Legs (Keallepoten). This is a special shape gingerbread with a unique story behind it, feel free to ask about it at the Turfschuur!

There are three different audio tours to get to know Kolhorn better during a 45 to 90 minute walk.

More information on the website   of Museum Kolhorn.

Airplane Crash Site Anchoviskade

Anchoviskade 50, Kolhorn

On Sunday, January 30, 1944, this Lancaster had taken off at 5:15 pm from Bourn airfield in England. The bomber had Berlin as its target. For the crew, it was the sixth mission in this composition. A total of 534 aircraft took off that evening, including 21 Lancasters of 97 Squadron. Two Lancasters failed to return, including JB535.

The bomber exploded over Kolhorn at 22:12 after it caught fire following a fierce firefight with a German night fighter. Pilot of this aircraft was Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke. At the time of the explosion, many Kolhorners were walking on the street, because a performance by the local theater society had just ended. Miraculously, no one was injured. However, all crew members were killed. She and the debris crashed in and around Kolhorn.

The memorial pole can be visited every day. Information board available.

More information on the website of the Dutch Crown Memorial Foundation.

Fisherman's house

New Region 8, Kolhorn

The house at Nieuwe Streek 8 is a national monument and has the following description:

Building under gable roof. Painted facade with six-pane windows above which a wooden gable top paneling with carved bargeboards, ca 1800.

The Nieuwe Streek and the Oude Streek are pedestrian areas. Keep this in mind. The outside of the building can be visited on Saturday and Sunday.

Lawrence Church

Kerkepad 3, Kolhorn

A church was built on a mound in 1646. Right in the corner of the old fishing village. The original entrance is therefore on the east side, on the side of the Old and New Regions. The original church is made of wood, but it was destroyed in a big fire in 1788.

The current church was built in 1792 in the form of a semi-cross church. In 1854 there is a restoration of the church and interior. In 1966, the Laurenskerk is in poor condition and is bought by the village for 1 guilder. The church is being nicely refurbished by a new foundation and is now also used for cultural and social activities.

On Saturdays and Sundays, the Laurenskerk is open to the public in collaboration with the historical society'Histoverkol\\\' from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

We are working on an exhibition'Song of Songs\\\' which fits within the theme'Living heritage\\\'.

Organ may be played. More information follows.

More information on the website of Dorpshuis De Nieuwe Horn and Laurenskerk.

Museum Back to Then

Heerenweg 244, Barsingerhorn

Museum'Back to Then\\\' opened its doors in the fall of 2021. There is a continuous exhibition of old agricultural tools, small tools, living room from the 1930s and a presentation of old Barsingerhorn.

Museum Back to Then can be visited on Saturday and Sunday between 10 am and 4 pm.

There is a do-and-think game in the museum especially for children.