Timelapse drone film Saeftinghe van de makers van de Nieuwe Wildernis
Beleef het Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe vanuit vogelperspectief en geniet van de prachtige timelaps! De film is gemaakt door EMS films (maker van o.a. de Nieuwe Wildernis) en bevat niet eerder vertoonde opnamen van de film Holland Natuur in de Delta. De muziek is speciaal voor de film gecomponeerd door: Bekijk de film in HD en op groot scherm in het bezoekerscentrum Saeftinghe:
Zeeland, the lost land of Saeftinghe filmed by Phantom 4 drone.
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Wikipedia article on the lost land of Saeftinghe:
The Saeftinghe Legend is an Old Dutch folk tale that explains the sunken city of Saeftinghe in eastern Zeeuws-Vlaanderen near Nieuw-Namen, The Netherlands, that existed until it was entirely flooded by sea waters in 1584. The legends says the city grew to be the most prosperous city on the fertile banks of the river Schelde but the inhabitants grew vain and proud. The farmers dressed in silk, their horses wearing silver and even the thresholds of homes were made from gold. The wealth attracted poor immigrants but the people of Saeftinghe showed no mercy and chased the migrants away with sticks and dogs. Greed corrupted the hearts of men and turned them blind for imminent threats.
On a foggy day, a fisherman caught a mermaid on the waters of the Western Schelde. From the nets, the mermaid warned him Saeftinghe needed to change its ways or suffer the inevitable dire consequences. When the mermaid's husband surfaced and asked for his wife to be set free, the fisherman refused and yelled at him. The merman cursed the fisherman and his city, screaming The lands of Saeftinghe will fall, only its towers will continue to stand tall!
The people of Saeftinghe, occupied with greed, forgot to take care of their dikes. One day, when a maid went to get water from a well, she noticed cod and other fish swimming in it. The sea was nearing, the water turning salt. With the All Saints' flood (1570), a huge tidal wave washed over the lands of Saeftinghe, destroying the towns of Sint-Laureins, Namen and Casuwele, killing all inhabitants.
Saeftinghe withered and soon only its towers testified of its prosperous past until the city finally sank into the muddy swamps.
On foggy days, the tower bells call for help from what was once a wealthy place but is now a doomed world covered in mud, captured by the sea.
Wikipedia: Zeeland (/ˈziːlənd/; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzeːlɑnt] ( listen), Zeelandic: Zeêland [ˈzɪə̯lɑnt]) is the westernmost province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and peninsulas (hence its name, meaning sea-land) and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. Its area is about 2,930 square kilometres (1,130 sq mi), of which almost 1,140 square kilometres (440 sq mi) is water, and it has a population of about 380,000.
Large parts of Zeeland are below sea level. The last great flooding of the area was in 1953. Tourism is an important economic activity. In the summer, its beaches make it a popular destination for tourists, especially German tourists. In some areas, the population can be two to four times higher during the high summer season. The coat of arms of Zeeland shows a lion half-emerged from water, and the text luctor et emergo (Latin for I struggle and I emerge) The country of New Zealand is named after Zeeland (not Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark, as sometimes claimed).
Animatie over het natuurherstelproject Hedwige Prosperpolder (Nederlands ingesproken)
Hedwige-Prosper animatie
De animatie geeft een kijk naar de toekomst van Grenspark Groot-Saefthinge.
Deze animatie is gefinancierd door de Provincie Zeeland (NL) en Waterwegen en Zeekanaal (BE)
Voor meer informatie over het Hedwige-Prosper project kijk op zeeland.nl/natuurpakket of sigmaplan.be
PRINCESS JULIANA MAKES FIRST VISIT TO DUTCH GUIANA [ETC.]
PRINCESS JULIANA MAKES FIRST VISIT TO DUTCH GUIANA [ETC.] - National Archives and Records Administration 1943 - ARC 38985, LI 208-UN-78 - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from United News Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, Princess Juliana rides through the streets of Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, and reviews Dutch and U.S. troops. Chieftains of the bush tribes pay their respects. Part 2, a volcano erupts on the Pacific island of Niuafoo. Part 3, a sheep herd is moved across Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State. Part 4, shows activities on a Canadian farm. Part 5, Adm. Wilkinson and Gen. Vandegrift direct operations as Marines pour ashore on Bougainville beneath intense naval bombardment and establish a beach head.
Paarden van Marrum
De reddingsactie voor de paarden in Marrum begon op 1 november 2006, nadat in de nacht van 31 oktober op 1 november na de Allerheiligenvloed circa 200 paarden vast waren komen te zitten op een kwelder bij de Friese plaats Marrum.De eerste reddingspoging werd ondernomen door de 105 Brugcompagnie van de Koninklijke Landmacht. Met een vlot bestaande uit twee pontons werd geprobeerd om de paarden naar het vasteland brengen. Deze poging mislukte doordat het water inmiddels gezakt was. Daardoor kwam het vlot meerdere malen vast te zitten.[1] In de tussentijd werden de dieren voorzien van water en voer en kwam er ter controle regelmatig een veearts langs.
Friezin Micky Nijboer kwam op het idee een nieuwe reddingspoging uit te voeren gebaseerd op het natuurlijke gedrag van paarden. Omdat paarden kuddedieren zijn zouden indien de leidende merrie gehalsterd en naar de wal geleid kon worden, de overige paarden wellicht volgen. Bij deze reddingsactie werden er op 3 november zes paarden met amazones gebruikt, vier in het water en twee op het land. Het halsteren van de leidende merrie bleek niet nodig, de opgesloten kudde volgde als vanzelf de amazones toen die zich erbij hadden gevoegd.