• Thumbnail for Petten
    eroded, as a result of which a dike had to be built, the Hondsbossche [nl] and Pettemer zeewering. Petten could have been founded in 739. The name refers...
    6 KB (515 words) - 00:43, 30 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Beach nourishment
    calculation, but actually a political decision. An example of this is the Hondsbossche Zeewering, as sea dike near the village of Petten, where the BKL was actually...
    67 KB (8,003 words) - 23:11, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sleeper dike
    A typical sleeper dike near the Hondsbossche Zeewering [nl]. In 1570, this dike prevented the flooding of North Holland during the All Saints' Flood (1570)...
    2 KB (227 words) - 18:11, 10 January 2024