Bartelsluis
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of Bartel (a personal name) and sluis (“lock, sluice”). The hamlet is named after a sluice which created a good deal of unrest when it was built. The cornerstone of the sluice has a satirical poem carved into it. This turned the sluice into something of a tourist attraction, much to the joy of a local innkeeper, a certain Bartel.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Bar‧tel‧sluis
Proper noun
[edit]Bartelsluis n
- A hamlet in Wormerland, North Holland, Netherlands