Hoogholtje bridge in Pieterburen, Netherlands

A hoogholtje (Dutch Low Saxon for small high wood; Dutch: hooghout;[1] Frysian: heechholt) is a typical footbridge in the Dutch province of Groningen.[2][3][4] In the West of the Netherlands, the same model bridge is named kwakel,[5] kwakker, or kwakeltje. In Friesland, the bridge type is known as a heechhout.[6]

This model bridge is high enough for small boats and low barges to pass below, as required since the 14th century. On both ends, there are usually or stairs, sometimes a ramp, to ascend or descend.[6] While most of these bridges are made of wood, some are of concrete or steel. The bridges are narrow, so a person can pass these with a bike, but horses with a carriage could not. Larger boats can not pass under because the structure does not move. Hence, over the years many Hoogholtjes have been replaced by larger, movable bridges. In rare cases, such bridges were built next to the pedestrian bridges and these were preserved.

Area residents would be required to maintain the bridges.[4] Between 1900 and 1910 this responsibility transferred to the municipalities in which they were located.[4]

One notable example is the registered monument over Baflo-Mensingeweer Canal in Baflo (Groningen).[7] Another is the registered monument over the Frjentsjerter Feart in the eponymous Heechhout neighborhood in Waadhoeke, Friesland.[8][9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Brug Reigerstraat Dokkum vervangen door 'hooghout'". RTV NOF. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2021. 'hooghout'...is een brug met een trap en steilere helling, waar men lopend over heen kan
  2. ↑ Dijksterhuis, Koos (23 November 2018). "Wie denkt dat kraaien brutaal zijn, heeft ze nooit goed bekeken". Trouw. Retrieved 8 May 2021. Een hoogholtje is een hoog, houten bruggetje in Groningen. Holt is Grunnegs voor hout.
  3. ↑ Hiemstra, Rachel (24 April 2019). "De hoogholtjes van Hoogezand-Sappemeer" [The hoogholtjes of Hoogezand-Sappemeer]. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Harkema, P.; Panman, M.H. Hacquebord, L. (ed.). Hoogezand-Sappemeer; Gemeentebeschrijving regio Veenkoloniën (PDF). Monumenten Inventarisatie Project. Provincie Groningen.
  5. ↑ Nijhof, P. (1978). Monumenten van bedrijf en techniek; Industriële archeologie in Nederland. De Waldburg. p. 150. ISBN 9789060113844 – via Google Books.
  6. 1 2 "Gein". Plaatsengids.nl. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Voetgangersbrug over het Kanaal Baflo-Mensingeweer (hoogholtje) in Baflo (Groningen)". rijksmonumenten.nl.
  8. ↑ "Heechhout". Plaatsengids. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Betonnen voetgangersbrug over de Franekervaart in Wjelsryp (Friesland)". rijksmonumenten.nl.
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