Attractions and Places To See in Boswachterij Sleenerzand - Top 20

https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/4277/Monument-Halifax-JB892.htm When the four-engined English bomber Halifax B II (JB 892 KN-E, part of the 77th Squadron) returned from a bombing raid on the industrial area in Bochum (part of an air fleet of 446 bombers), it crashed at this location at 2:30 am on May 14, 1943, after being shot down by a German night fighter over the border area near Emmen. In memory of the 7 deceased crew members buried in the General Cemetery in Sleen and whose names are mentioned on this monument, a group of school friends from Zweeloo and Oosterhesselen erected this monument in 1945 from the wreckage they found during the war. When it looked neglected after 30 years, the remains were encapsulated in concrete in 1975 and then handed over to the municipality of Sleen for sustainable maintenance. On April 28, 1988, this monument was taken over by group 7 of the Christian primary school “De Fontein” in Sleen on the initiative of the “Februari ’41 Foundation”. ################################################# During the war, 4 boys rode bicycles, who lived in Zweeloo and Oosterhesselen, went to school together, the HBS in Coevorden. They were Henk van der Velde, his brother Beerend van der Velde, Riekus Gelling and Co van Dixhoorn, son of the forester. During the discussions, a plan was made to recover the remains of the bomber that crashed on May 14, 1943. And so it happened. Memorial Summer 1945 The German soldiers had taken most of it with them, but a lot of rubble was left behind in the young, confusing forest. They went into the forest every Saturday and "combed through it", sometimes on their hands and knees. They hid everything they found in a shed belonging to the state forestry administration. Immediately after the war, around May or June 1945, the boys were of the opinion that all the parts of the plane should be made into a memorial in memory of the seven fallen crew members. Hennie Schuiling had joined in the meantime; he had gone into hiding during the war. They erected the memorial on the spot where the plane had burned fiercely. Source: B. van der Velde

Dolmen next to the Aagjeshoeve campsite

Returning from a bombing raid on the industrial area in Bochum (part of an air fleet of 446 bombers), the 4-engine English bomber Halifax B II (JB 892 KN-E, part of the 77th Squadron) crashed at this location on 14 May 1943 at 2.30 am, after having been shot down by a German night fighter above the border area near Emmen. In memory of the 7 crew members who died and were buried in the general cemetery in Sleen and whose names are mentioned on this monument, a group of school friends from Zweeloo and Oosterhesselen erected this monument in 1945 from the wreckage they found during the war. When it started to look neglected after 30 years, the remains were encapsulated in concrete in 1975 and then transferred to the municipality of Sleen for sustainable maintenance. On April 28, 1988, this monument was adopted by group 7 of the Christian primary school "De Fontein" in Sleen at the initiative of the "Februari '41 Foundation".

Mrs. Toos Goorhuis-Tjalsma died on January 5, 2004 in Tilburg at the age of 88. On November 5, 2004, the (stray) stone statue “Blick in den Stein” by the German sculptor Joachim Karbe was unveiled by her hiking friend Bertje Jens. She passed away on August 19, 2009 at the age of 95.

This burial mound dates from about 1400 BC. Special finds have been made in this burial mound, including gold earrings, a bronze ax and bronze arrowheads. This makes it one of the 'richest' burial mounds in Drenthe. Because of these finds, it is said that this man must have had a unique position, which is why he is also referred to as the 'chief of the Sleenerzand'. In later times, from the Middle Ages onwards, this burial mound was also used as a gallows hill. It is still known as the Gallows Mountain. hunebednieuwscafe.nl/2017/12/sleenerzand-archeologische-openluchtmuseum

The canal has been closed to shipping traffic since 1976. There are plans to make it navigable again for pleasure boating. So far nothing has happened due to the high costs of renovating bridges and locks. However, the importance of the canal for the flora and fauna of the area has increased and the canal has therefore unintentionally developed into an area of great landscape value.

Mandatory stop if you walk or cycle the Pieterpad.

Hunebed D49, also known as the Papeloze church, is a passage grave in the Sleenerzand nature reserve between Schoonoord and Noord-Sleen. The hunebed was built during the Funnel Beaker culture.