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Fishermen's Memorial Moddergat

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    July 6, 2019

    The memorial was designed by Roelof IJbema, the then director of Stadtwerke in West Dongeradeel, and unveiled on 6 March 1958 by the Frisian Commissioner of the Queen, Mr. HP Linthorst Homan. During the revelation, squalls and hailstorms lashed the crowd, and the sky over the sea was gray and cracked. The text on the stone was compiled by the Frisian poet Douwe Tamminga.

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      April 12, 2023

      The fisherman's wife, she waited in vain... The statue commemorating the Moddergat fishing accident.

      In the 19th century, Peasens-Moddergat had a large fishing fleet, but on the night of 5/6 March 1883 disaster struck: no fewer than 83 villagers from Peasens-Moddergat were killed during a severe storm. Almost every household has had one or more victims...

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