Bonus Adv Lab Raamsdonk 1 + Raamsdonk 2
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Raamsdonk 1 en / of Raamsdonk 2
Noteer je antwoorden als je ook deze bonus geocache wilt bezoeken:
In Raamsdonk 1 verzamel je waardes voor A, B, C en D.
In Raamsdonk 2 verzamel je waardes voor E, F en G.
BONUS: N51 41.( (D+2)*A + 2*F + C ) E004 55.( E + G - B )
Kennelijk zijn er mensen die niet snappen dat hieronder de vertaling staat van alle punten van de adventure labs zodat ook niet-Nederlandstaligen deze ronde kunnen doen. Dat leek me sociaal. Alle onderstaande tekst staat daarmee in de adventure labs en is overbodig als je Nederlands kunt lezen.
This page will describe the contents of the Adv Lab Raamsdonk 1 + Raamsdonk 2. It has been translated for your convenience.
It provides background information and the questions in English. All numbers are to be answered in ciphers (not words) and all answers can be retrieved locally.
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Raamsdonk (or: Raamsdonk-Dorp, Raamsdonks: Rammesdoenk) is a village in the municipality of Geertruidenberg. It is the most western village of the Langstraat. Originally, Raamsdonk formed, together with the cores Raamsdonksveer and Keizersveer, the municipality of Raamsdonk. In 1997, this municipality was added to the municipality of Geertruidenberg. The number of inhabitants of Raamsdonk is about 2,255 (2021). The majority of the inhabitants are Catholic, next to a Protestant minority. (Source: Wikipedia)
During Adventure Labs Raamsdonk 1 and Raamsdonk 2 you will be guided along several locations that will help you to get an idea of Raamsdonk's history. Although the points can be visited randomly, we recommend you to start with Raamsdonk 1 (at the Lambertus church) and go from there to the centre (by bike / by foot). After that Raamsdonk 2 follows. After the second Adventure Lab ,the bonus is close at hand.
Write down your answers if you also want to visit the bonus of these 10 adventure lab locations.
In Raamsdonk 1 you will retrieve values for A, B, C and D.
In Raamsdonk 2 you will retrieve values for E, F and G.
BONUS: N51 41.( (D+2)*A + 2*F + C ) E004 55.( E + G - B )
Not able to read English / Dutch? Please translate the content yourself (Use deepL for example).
*** Adventure Lab Raamsdonk 1 ***
== S1 - Lambertuschurch ==
Traditionally, the patronage of Lambert's church was in the hands of the bishop of Liège and it was one of the most advanced possessions of this diocese. The choice of the patron saint points to the connection with Liege. There must have been a church there as early as 1150, but no traces of it have ever been found, apart from the foot of the natural stone baptismal font. Around 1275, a hall church was built in the same place, of which wall remnants have been found and which was equipped with a tower in 1350. After the destruction of this church by the Sint-Elisabethflood of 1421, the tower was retained. As the village was placed several hundred metres to the south, the church was now located outside the village. A new choir and transept were built around 1450, and in 1502 the nave was also renewed and the current situation was created.
Go to the information board on the left of the entrance. There you will find the answer to the question.
== S2 - bell-shaped gable stone ==
Hermanus Docters van Leeuwen, a passionate teacher, came to Raamsdonk at the age of 26 and founded a public French and Dutch school. The school provided a solid education and was, especially for those days, of a much higher level than one would expect from a village school. The pupils learned to read and write Dutch, mathematics, bible knowledge, geography, national history and of course French. The older pupils were taught in French. On 1 May 1919, this public school became a Catholic boys' school and in 1926, the boys moved into a new school building.
To answer the question, look at the bell-shaped gable stone between the front door and the top window.
== S3 - Horse of Raamsdonk ==
Almost 100 years ago, Raamsdonk was the centre of the horse trade in North Brabant. To keep the memory of that time alive, the town council decided in the 1980s to erect a statue in the form of a horse.
Raamsdonk had a reputation in horse trade in the period from 1910 to about 1935; every year on the 14th of August, there was a national inspection and, the day after, a big concours hippique. On those days, dealers and lovers of riding horses came from far and wide to Raamsdonk.
In those days, horses were in demand everywhere. They were used in agriculture, for carriages and calèches, at breweries, in the army and for the tramway. A separate committee bought the animals for the army. Dressage tests had to be passed and if the horses met all the requirements, they received the military certificate.
The bronze statue is by the artist Harry Storms from Sterksel.
== S4 - Halve Zolenlijn ==
The Langstraat Railway, popularly known as the Halve Zolenlijn, was a railway line from Lage Zwaluwe via Waalwijk to 's-Hertogenbosch. The nickname Halve Zolenlijn refers to the shoe industry and is of course meant ironically for the inhabitants of this region.
The railway line was opened between 1886 and 1890 and was fully financed with revenues from the Dutch East Indies. With this railway connection, mainly leather and related articles were transported to and from the Langstraat. Lage Zwaluwe functioned as a transhipment point for shipping to Rotterdam. Nowadays, only a section from Lage Zwaluwe to Oosterhout is still in use as a cargo railway line. On the embankment between Raamsdonksveer and 's-Hertogenbosch, there is now a cycle path called Halve Zolenpad.
== S5 - The train is about to depart ==
The "Halve Zolenpad" is named after the "Halve Zolenlijn", the railway connection that was of great importance for the economic developments in De Langstraat until 1972. The railway was the supply route of raw materials for the shoe and leather industry.
The former railway track between Raamsdonk and Drunen is now a (touristic) cycle route.
In recent years, the shoe industry has made way for the shoe trade. Today, Waalwijk has the largest concentration of shoe-trading companies in Europe, with Van Haren, a company of Waalwijk origin, as the front runner. Besides the production and trade in shoes, the Langstraat is also home to a lot of metal industry, of which the ship propeller factory Lips is the most famous.
*** Adventure Lab Raamsdonk 2 ***
== S6 - flood dwelling gift houses ==
The Watersnoodwoning (flood dwelling) in Raamsdonk is a prefabricated house donated to the Netherlands by Norway for victims of the 1953 flood disaster. Houses of this type were also known as 'gift houses'. Meanwhile, at least three of the houses in Raamsdonk have monument status.
During the flood disaster, seawater rose at Raamsdonk. After the disaster, the Netherlands received more than 900 kits for (prefab) houses from abroad via the Dutch Red Cross. Norway donated 326, including these houses.
== S7 - coat of arms ==
The coat of arms of Raamsdonk was in use for about 180 years by the former Noord-Brabant municipality of Raamsdonk. The use lasted from 16 July 1817 until 1997, when the municipality merged into the municipality of Geertruidenberg.
The coat of arms has been in use in a similar form since the 14th century. Jan van Raemsdonc already carried such a coat of arms. Why Van Raemsdonc chose this symbol, a black shield with two silver gloves on it, is unknown.
In 1751 a seal was used on which the coat of arms was crowned by a five-leafed crown.
In 1772 the town hall of Raamsdonk was built. It was located on the Raadhuisstraat. Both coats of arms decorated the town hall until 1944 when the building was destroyed by acts of war.
== S8 - year anchors ==
A wall anchor, wall iron, beam anchor or lap anchor is used to connect the beams of the storey beam layer to the façade in (old) houses, farms and other buildings, to protect the façade against buckling. Ground floor beam layers are not anchored because the walls do not tend to buckle at this height, except in the case of a basement or cellar.
Wall anchors are often visible on the outside of houses. Sometimes they are forged in such a way as to represent numbers that represent the year of construction. These anchors are also known as year anchors.
At this brick farmhouse under a corrugated thatched roof, you can see year anchors. The year anchors were exchanged during a renovation, resulting in an incorrect date....
== S9 - guardian angels ==
I have not been able to find anything about this picture: On Schansstraat 16, there are two pictures. The image on the right shows Mary with Jesus surrounded by many angels. In the lower right corner initials can be observed.
Please count with your eyes, not with your fingers on this old work of art!
== S10 - village inn - monument ==
You are standing in front of a simple, but relatively richly decorated example of a late 19th century village inn.
The road between this former inn and the place where the monument 'Paard van Raamsdonk' is now positioned, served as a track for testing of hourses through trotting.
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