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Farmhouse
Everything has to pass under the bridge.
If you visit Giethoorn, you will be immediately struck by the height of the bridges. There is, of course, a good reason why they were built so high. In Giethoorn everything was transported by water in barges and punts. Bridges therefore had to be high enough for vessels to pass underneath with their cargo. The barges were propelled using a long pole, which was placed against the bottom of the ditch. You could then propel the vessel by walking backwards. A farmer by the name of Slagter had this farmhouse built in 1832. He had eight children and was a widower. He moved into the building with his second wife Hendrikje, with whom he had another six children. That was not a problem financially, as Slagter was a wealthy man. He owned 27 hectares of land and also supplemented his income with butter making, fishing, bee-keeping and the sale of wood, reeds and peat.
1832. Relocated here in 1959.