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Hoogwaterjongen Statue

Hoogwaterjongen Statue

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Hoogwaterjongen Statue

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Location: Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands

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Ria van den Heuvel

February 7, 2024

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A large image, about 4 meters high, stands in the floodplains of the Waal. The image is of a little boy in his swimming trunks, holding his left hand up to indicate how high the river water of the Waal may rise before Zaltbommel gets wet feet.
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Ria van den Heuvel

February 7, 2024

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Near Zaltbommel, there is a 4-meter-high statue in the floodplains of the Waal river. It is a little boy in his swimming trunks. He holds his left hand up to …

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October 17, 2022

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The sculpture group consists of two parts. On the square there is a twice life-size aluminum bust of a human figure looking over the quay wall towards an identical statue (almost 4½ m high), but then full-length, at the foot of the dike. With their outstretched hand, both images indicate the highest water level that the quay wall in Zaltbommel can withstand. standbeelden.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?record=GL54aa

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