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Elburg
The old city of Elburg is still much as it was in the time our ancestor registered the family name. On its 250 by 400 metres the old endyked town has more than 300 officially recognised monuments!
So, even apart from family history Elburg is a place to visit anyhow.
The Historical Association of Elburg, "Arent Thoe Boecop" is one of the biggest in Holland, it is the biggest in any case in the province of Gelderland.
Let's look around!
(Click on the link for a picture, close the window later and "walk" on..)
We start our walk from the entrance on the left of this map.
On the first few steps in the main Jufferenstraat we see the old city's waterpump on the left at the first crossing and next is the ancient townhall.
The former entrance to the old synagoge is on the right.
We walk up to the central "Beek" [Canal, blue
on the map], follow the Beek upward - passing the house on
Beekstraat 50 once owned by our ancestors - and turn right at the
first crossing. We look back
at this point for a nice view of this Beek straat
At the end of that street we find the well known Fish
shop:
We turn left there and walk up to the dyke, turning right to reach from the outside the Vischpoort [Fish gate] at the entrance at the right of the map.
We go in through the Vischpoort, looking back to this magnificent old monument and walk up to the Beek. We turn left to follow the Beek up to the dyke again. The view opens here to the green meadows surrounding Elburg.
Note the fortified passage in the dyke.That gap can be closed with wooden planks and sandbags in case of floods. Elburg was located at the border of the Zuiderzee [Soutern Sea] and in 1800 that sea had an open connection to the North Sea.. Now it is fully endyked and many parts of it have been laid dry.
We again walk along the dyke to the lower left (direction East, btw) corner of the map - see remains of the old city wall here - where the Jewish cemetery is located and where our ancestor rests.
Finally, we walk back to our starting point, looking back to this beautiful old town so well preserved behind its pittoresque dyke. It really looks as if time did not touch it.
Back on the parking outside the old town you can see the buildings of the old steam tram terminal.
For those now tired and hungry restaurant "De Haas" is just a few steps from the entrance..
