Vissersmonument, Maritime memorial in Urk, Netherlands
The bronze sculpture depicts a woman in traditional fisherman's wife clothing looking towards the sea while standing on a granite pedestal.
Queen Juliana unveiled the monument in 1968 to commemorate 368 local fishermen who perished at sea between 1865 and the present day.
The memorial contains 34 marble plates engraved with names, ages, and dates of fishermen who never returned from their maritime expeditions.
Visitors can find this monument at Wijk 3-95 in Urk, where regular ceremonies take place to honor the fishing community's heritage.
The municipality gathered 50,000 guilders through a decade-long fundraising campaign before construction of the memorial could begin in the late 1960s.
Location: Urk
Inception: 1968
Creator: Gerard van der Leeden
GPS coordinates: 52.66194,5.59333
Latest update: March 4, 2025 14:52
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