Holten
Holten Canadian War Cemetery
Holten Canadian War Cemetery is the second-largest World War II cemetery in the Netherlands and is administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is located in a forested area 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north-east of Holten railroad station, and is accessible by car or bicycle via a number of sand roads. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the cemetery on May 4, 2015, in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.
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Canadian troops move through Holten, April 1945
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Canadian cemetery in Holterberg
Notable residents
Holten is the home village of Olympic 1500m speed skating gold medalist Mark Tuitert, jazz trombonist Wolter Wierbos, professional darts player Danny Jansen and film and documentary director and Academy Award winner Bert Haanstra.
Dialect
As well as Standard Dutch, local inhabitants speak a variety of Dutch Low Saxon, which is considered to be part of the Sallaands sub-dialect, with a few Tweants traits that are a natural result of the village's proximity to Twente. While in surrounding communities the use of dialect is relatively widespread, Holten has seen a decline over the past few decades.
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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- ^ "Postcodetool for 7687AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ Holten Canadian War Cemetery
- ^ "Stephen Harper joins Canadian WW2 veterans to mark liberation of Netherlands". CBC News. 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-05-06.