View from the Reidehoeve visitor center

Adjacent to the Joh.Kerkhovenpolder, of which I told you in my previous posts, is the Breebaartpolder. This 63 hectares (155 acres) large piece of land was transformed into a polder in 1979, and has become known for its extensive bird life. Visitors find paths for hiking and cycling, a hut for birdwatching, and a visitor center called Reidehoeve. The photo above was taken through one of the windows of the visitor center, where -as you can see- the window sills were also used for exhibiting items.

Johannes Kerkhovenpolder

If you enjoy wide views, the countryside of the province of Groningen is where you should be! Like yesterday's photos this one also shows the Johannes Kerkhovenpolder. Johannes Kerkhoven was a banker from Amsterdam who had bought these lands to create a polder.  His ambitious plans were carried out by his heirs though, as Kerkhoven passed away before the project started in 1875.

I'm linking to signs, signs.

Agriculture

Our hike brought us in the Johannes Kerkhovenpolder in north-east Groningen. This area was turned into a polder in 1875/1876 so there would be no danger anymore to be overflown by the Dollard (see also yesterday's post).
The ground in this coastal region consists of marine clay which is very fertile and used for agriculture, like potatoes and sugar beets.

These sugar beets are waiting to be collected and taken to the Suikerunie (a sugar factory) in Groningen where it will be processed.

Tunnel mural

Apart from the nasty graffiti this mural shows quite some things that can be found in the Lappenvoort Polder that I told you about earlier: the White Mill, cows, ducks, and the green landscape with the Drentse Aa river. We found the mural in a small tunnel going underneath highway 28 near the village of Haren.

I'm linking to Monday Mural.

Lappenvoort Polder

It was the third time we did this 13 km walk, starting from the Postillion Hotel car park in the village of Haren. Standing on this bridge we crossed a small river called Oude Aa. Just visible between the trees is the Witte Molen (the White Mill) that I showed earlier HERE and HERE. The landscape belongs to the Lappenvoort Polder.

And from the other side of the bridge is another view of the polder, that is also a designated flood storage area with the city of Groningen only a few km north. I took both photos last Sunday.

Onnerpolder

The Onnerpolder is a nature area in the province Groningen, near Haren and Groningen city. Even though industry isn't far away -you can see it clearly in the distance- it's a beautiful place with lots of birds and other wildlife.

Onnerpolder

A picture from last Saturday while hiking in the Onnerpolder, a wide nature area in the province Groningen.

Reiderwolderpolder

View from the dike in the vast Reiderwolderpolder, in the far north east of the province Groningen. Fences divide the grounds for sheep.

Hikers are welcome, you cross the fence by stepping over it.

Linking to Friday's fences #109

Reiderwolderpolder

 

Nogmaals de weidsheid van de Reiderwolderpolder.

The vast Reiderwolderpolder once more.

 

R is for Reiderwolderpolder

Nederland heeft enkele duizenden (!) polders: door waterkeringen (dijken) omgeven gebieden waarvan de waterstand kunstmatig geregeld kan worden. Een voorbeeld is de Reiderwolderpolder, in het noordoosten van Groningen. Via een 'coupure', ook wel dijkgat genoemd, rij je hier de polder in. In geval van calamiteiten kan deze opening gesloten worden met rijen balken of een deur.

In the Netherlands you can find several thousands (!) of polders: pieces of land enclosed by embankments (dikes) in which the waterlevel is handled through manually operated devices. One of them is the Reiderwolderpolder, in the northeast of the province Groningen. You enter the polder by a 'coupure', an opening in the dike that -in case of a calamity- can be closed by rows of beams or a door.

De Reiderwolderpolder ontstond in de 19e eeuw door drooglegging van een gebied dat in de eeuwen ervoor was overstroomd door de Dollard, die tussen noord Nederland en Duitsland stroomt. De afwatering wordt geregeld door de sluis bij Nieuwe Statenzijl. 

The land of the Reiderwolderpolder was reclaimed in the 19th century from an area that had been overflowed during several centuries by the Dollard, a bay between the northern Netherlands and Germany. The drainage is managed by the locks of Nieuwe Statenzijl. 

Linking to ABC Wednesday.

Spring is in the air

Ja, er was geduld voor nodig, maar de lente zit definitief in de lucht. Deze beide fietsers genieten van de zon, en de luwte van de dijk waarvandaan ik deze foto genomen heb.   -bij Nieuwe Statenzijl, in het hoge noordoosten van Nederland.

Yes, it took a long time but Spring is defenitely in the air. These cyclists enjoy the sun, and the shelter of the dike on which I stood taking this picture.    -near Nieuwe Statenzijl in the very northeast of the Netherlands.