Blokzijl
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Blokzijl is a small town located southwest of Steenwijk in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. The town is a major tourist destination near the De Weerribben-Wieden National Park and attracts many water sports enthusiasts.
Blokzijl was founded in the 1580s as a trading post for peat. After the Siege of Steenwijk (1580–81) in the Eighty Years' War, the Dutch built a fortified lock or in local dialect zijl or siel. The monumental houses around the picturesque harbour were built during 17th century. Blokzijl received city rights in 1672, but was stripped of them a few years later. Until 1973, it was a separate municipality, when it became a component of the new municipality Brederwiede; it is now part of Steenwijkerland.
One the interesting sights of the town is an old cannon, located on the harbour quay. This cannon was not used for defense purposes, but as a warning device during storm and high tide. Flooding was a real danger before the Noordoostpolder and the Afsluitdijk were constructed in the 1930-40's. One residential building shows the height the water reached during a flood in 1825.
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- Death of Klaas Klasen Ter Heide
- Birth of Geertjen Spijker
- Marriage of Jan Cornelis De Boer, Geertjen Spijker
- Death of Annegiem Gozems Van der Woert
- Birth of Jan Jans De Boer
- Birth of Giesje De Boer[2]
- Residence of Jan Cornelis De Boer
- Death of Jan Cornelis De Boer
- Announcement of marriage of Jan Jans De Boer, Petertje Ter Heide
- Announcement of marriage of Jan Jans De Boer, Petertje Ter Heide
- Residence of Geertjen Spijker
- Residence of Jan Jans De Boer
- Marriage of Jan Jans De Boer, Petertje Ter Heide
- Birth of Pieter Van der Noord
- Death of Geertjen Spijker
- Residence of Klaas De Boer
- Birth of Jan Jacobus De Boer
- Birth of Jan Jacobus De Boer
- Residence of Aaltje Eikelboom
- Birth of Jacobus De Boer
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- Burgerlijke Stand BlankenhamBlankenhamCertificate about service in the national militia for Jan de Boer, 1845-03-31
- Burgerlijke stand VollenhoveVollenhoveDeath record for Giesje de Boer, civil registry of deaths, Ambt Vollenhove, 1865-07-12, record 36
- Burgerlijke Stand BlokzijlBlokzijlDeath record for Jan Cornelis de Boer, civil registry of deaths, Blokzijl, 1835-04-30, record 11
- Burgerlijke Stand BlankenhamBlankenhamCertificate of marriage banns for Jan de Boer & Petertje ter Heide, 1845-04-30
- Burgerlijke Stand AmsterdamAmsterdamMarriage record for Klaas de Boer & Aaltje Eikelboom, civil registry of marriages, Amsterdam, 1891-11-12, record 2712
- Bevolkingsregister LeeuwardenPopulation registry, Leeuwarden, 1848-1859, sheet 199
- Bevolkingsregister LeeuwardenPopulation registry, Leeuwarden, 1859-1876, sheet 166
- Burgerlijke Stand BlokzijlBlokzijlBirth record for Jan Jacobus de Boer, civil registry of births, Blokzijl, 1892-11-21, record 46
- Burgerlijke Stand BlokzijlBlokzijlBirth record for Jacobus de Boer, civil registry of births, Blokzijl, 1894-09-29, records 37-38
- Bevolkinsgsregister SteenwijkerlandSteenwijkerlandCivil registry, Steenwijkerland, 1890-1905, A-J, sheet 57
- Burgerlijke Stand AmsterdamAmsterdamMarriage record for Jacobus de Boer & Johanna Truijen, civil registry of marriages, Amsterdam, 1918-05-30, record 419