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2. Urker Veldpad – Urk Beach loop from Urkerhard

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3. Oude Haven van Urk – Urk Lighthouse loop from De Top

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Albert

April 27, 2021

The Fishermen's Monument
Location: Peter Salebienplein
Artist: Gerard (Gerrit) van der Leeden
Placed: 1968
About the statue:

Statue of a fisherwoman looking back at the sea one more time, from where her lover should have come.
Around the statue are 35 marble slabs with the names of the Urk fishermen who drowned at sea.

The Urk fishermen's monument is a monument in Urk on the coast near Wijk 3.

The fishing and fish processing industry brought a lot of prosperity to the former island of Urk.
But Urk and its inhabitants also had to pay for that.
In the past, fishing was not yet practiced by means of modern techniques and large cutters.
The botters and cutters were vulnerable, and they often sank in storms.
Many paid for fishing with their lives, and their bodies were often never found again.

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Gadabout

June 26, 2019

The fishing monument was inaugurated in 1968 and is reminiscent of the remaining on the lake fishermen of the island / the place.

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DasNeeleTier

September 25, 2019

The panels on the wall around the monument bear the names of the sailors / fishermen left at sea.
Sometimes only single persons - but also again and again whole crews ...

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