Herkingen Beach, Herkingen, Netherlands
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TeamYakara
N 51° 42.485 E 004° 04.868
31U E 574701 N 5729124
Beach Herkingen, Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Waymark Code: WM12C1V
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 04/24/2020
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NL
Herkingen is een van de kleinere dorpen op Goeree-Overflakkee. Maar daarom niet minder populair, met name in de zomermaanden komen hier veel watersporters. Voor het huidige dorp ontstond, was er Oud-Herkingen. Dat is in 1511 in de golven verdwenen. Het Herkingen zoals wij dat nu kennen is pas later ontstaan. Het water dat in de ondergelopen polders bleef staan, dwong de bevolking tot het zoeken naar andere inkomsten. De visserij op oesters, mossels en krukels (alikruiken) zorgden voor een inkomen.
EN
One of the smaller villages on Goeree-Overflakkee, Herkingen swells to XL in the summer season with water sport lovers. First though, there was Oud-Herkingen but the waves swept it away in 1511. Today’s Herkingen came later, again under the influence of water. Stubbornly staying in the flooded polders, it forced locals to move to drier spots, and other sources of income. Salvation, a tad briny, was found in cultivating oysters, mussels and winkles (‘krukels’). Don’t confuse the latter with the Dutch ‘winkel’, which we also have a lot of: shops.
Type of beach: Natural
Location of beach: Seashore
Beach surface type: Fine sand
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