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Nederland - Zeeland, Hedwigepolder
Hedwigepolder, or officially Hertogin Hedwige Polder. The name refers to Hedwige de Ligne, Duchess of Arenberg, wife of Engelbert IX Duke of Arenberg. The streets in the polder bear the names of the Duke and Duchess and their three children.
Hedwigepolder is located on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium, just south of the harbours of Antwerp. The area became a polder already before the Eighty Years' War. During this war, in 1584, Dutch soldiers inundated for strategic reasons the area. In the 17th century diking restarted and in 1907 the Hedwigepolder was the last territory, which was reclaimed from the sea in the eastern corner of the Dutch province of Zeeland.
Although there was (and is) a lot of protest the Hedwigepolder, an area of fertile farmland, soon will be returned to the sea, being part of an agreement between Belgium and the Netherlands to compensate for land, lost through the deepening of the River Scheldt, a waterway connecting the port of Antwerp to the North Sea. It becomes (again) part of the so called ‘Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe’ (The Drowned Land of Saeftinghe).
Picture: the poplar lined Engelbertstraat.
More info ‘Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe’: saeftinghe.eu/en
Hedwigepolder is located on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium, just south of the harbours of Antwerp. The area became a polder already before the Eighty Years' War. During this war, in 1584, Dutch soldiers inundated for strategic reasons the area. In the 17th century diking restarted and in 1907 the Hedwigepolder was the last territory, which was reclaimed from the sea in the eastern corner of the Dutch province of Zeeland.
Although there was (and is) a lot of protest the Hedwigepolder, an area of fertile farmland, soon will be returned to the sea, being part of an agreement between Belgium and the Netherlands to compensate for land, lost through the deepening of the River Scheldt, a waterway connecting the port of Antwerp to the North Sea. It becomes (again) part of the so called ‘Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe’ (The Drowned Land of Saeftinghe).
Picture: the poplar lined Engelbertstraat.
More info ‘Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe’: saeftinghe.eu/en
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Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to Nico AndriesWish you a nice week end, Jaap.
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to Eefjebeautiful image. well deserved explore
Thoroughly enjoyed in www.ipernity.com/group/twentyfivefaves.
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Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to Levina de RuijterLevina de Ruijter has replied to Jaap van 't Veen clubFirst of all, your pictures are all wonderful! I love love love the line of trees in the first picture, and I love the wonderful composition in the second image with the trees and leading line of the trees on the right, it's just GREAT! The third picture is very interesting to look at and perfectly composed, but I was totally fascinated by that sign! At first I smiled because I was thinking about the Monte Python skit, "The Knights Who Say Ni" which made me laugh...but that wasn't what this sign was about. So, I looked it up in Translate...hmm...Nee means No, but that other word, what the heck is a "polder"? That's not a word that means anything! But yes it does!! You had a lot to say about this "polder" thing, and I found a whole web page about it too, which finally helped me to understand:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder
So fascinating...your country is so different from the United States...but NO! That's not right at all, because I am uneducated!!! I was born and raised in San Francisco, and just miles away is our Sacramento Delta...all this time and I did not know that we have many miles of reclaimed water here, just like in Holland! And in fact, this area is nicknamed "California's Holland"!!! I am amazed to discover this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento%E2%80%93San_Joaquin_River_Delta
You know, I love being involved in photography because I have learned so much about my world through the photography of others. I really take the time to appreciate other people's pictures, and many times I must look up the place because I am so curious.
Thank you for teaching me something new and for opening my eyes to something that has been close to me for so many years, and I never knew it. So interesting. And all of this because you took such great pictures, and wrote about them! :) WELL DONE!
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to Janet Brien clubInteresting article about the Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta.
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