Jacob van Lennep route, Part 04 (Urk - Stavoren)

Urk, Flevoland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 876887

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75.6 km
04:26 h
1332 kcal
14 m

Description

This route is one of the 42 stages of the Jacob van Lennep experience tour. A tour inspired by the trip that Van Lennep made in 1823 with his fellow student Van Hogendorp through the Netherlands. Click here for an overview of all stages .

Zuiderzee
On Wednesday 4 May, Van Lennep and Van Hogendorp will sail from Enkhuizen to Lemmer across the Zuiderzee. After a few hours they see Urk that"(...) rises very nicely from the sea due to its height, the church and the green shore\\\". Later they also see Schokland and the tower of Kampen from the boat. If you now cycle from Urk to Lemmer, you can look out over the IJsselmeer from the dike. On the right are the Urkerbos and meadows that, from the plane or on Google Maps, are reminiscent of a painting by Mondrian. It is one of the most dramatic differences from the view Van Lennep had two centuries ago.

Tomb
In Wijckel, the traveling companions pass the seventeenth-century Vaste Burchtkerk. Here they view the tomb of Menno van Coehoorn (1641-1704), the famous fortress builder. Geert Mak also visits the church during the second TV episode. He explains more about the 1795ers mentioned by Van Lennep: a kind of iconoclasts.

Gaasterland
They walk through the gently sloping Gaasterland via the fortified town of Sloten and Balk. They walk over the Roode Klif, still a striking elevation in the landscape. Here you pass the monument to the Battle of Warns, a battle in 1345 in which the Frisians defeated the Dutch. The almost deserted Stavoren (still a rival of Amsterdam in the Middle Ages) does not really invite the traveling companions to a walk. Since they don't know anyone of standing in this dilapidated town, they go to bed at eight o'clock. With tea and not, as usual, with wine.

Floor sources
-Jakob van Lennep," The Summer of 1823": part 1, chapter 2 and 3.
-Geert Mak, The summer of 1823 as a television series : episode 2.
-Maya Schepers, The summer of 1823 as a radio series : episode 1.
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Directions

# Description Distance
Restaurant De Kaap (8321 EK, Urk, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
25
25 (Vuurtorenstraat, 8321GB, Urk, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 0.24 km
86
86 (8321GG, Urk, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 0.43 km
6
6 (Westermeerdijk, 8321GG, Urk, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 1.89 km
72
72 (Schapenpad, 8309PM, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 4.48 km
55
55 (Zuidermeerpad, 8312RJ, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 10.80 km

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