Cowgrass

Lost place names: Koegras

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • April 6, 2011

We go back more than 100 years. In an area between Den Helder and Callantsoog, a polder had been created starting in 1610 through the construction of a dike, a sea defense that provided protection between the North Sea and the...

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