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Stavoren is a small village with about 1000 inhabitants on the eastern shore of the IJsselmeer and lives almost exclusively from (water sports) tourism <9> <9> <121> Historical <122> <9> <9> * around 900 Genesis of the settlement and thus elders of the Frisian cities <9> * between 1058 and 1068 municipal law <9> * 1385 Hanseatic city with good relations to the Baltic cities and residence of Frisian kings <9> * End of the Middle Ages also marks the end of the village with sanding of the port.. The legend of the Vrouwe van Stavoren dates from this period: <9> <9> A rich merchant´s widow lived in Stavoren.. One day she instructed her captain to bring her the most precious thing he could find in the world.. The captain sails around the world and returns with a fully loaded ship.. The cargo was the most splendid wheat he had ever seen.. The widow waited expectantly at the wharf.. Seeing the cargo, she was furious and urged the captain to throw the cargo overboard.. As the precious wheat sank into the sea, an old sailor cried, ´Your arrogance will be punished, there will come a time when you will have to beg for your bread.´. The widow pulled her gold ring from her finger, threw it in the waves and says ´As little as this ring will emerge from the sea again, I will not end up at the beggar stand.´. <9> Shortly after this event, the widow found her ring in a haddock that was served for lunch.. On the same day she heard the news that all her ships had gone down with man and mouse.. She never recovered from this blow and ended up in poverty and misery.. In front of the harbor was a sandbank.. ´Het Vrouwenzand´ Supposedly there grew grain, but grains were never found in the ears.. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. <9> This is how the story is written to this day at the landmark of Stavoren ´De Vrouw van Stavoren´ <9> * 1899 Stavoren is connected to the railway line Stavoren-Leeuwarden and thus the port can regain importance.. <9> <9> Today Stavoren thrives on water sports because of several marinas <9> <9> <121> Attractions <122> <9> * the old lock <9> * the monument of the Lady of Stavoren at the old harbor (9) Oude Haven) <9> * the various ports <9> * the new lock (Johan Frisosluis): here is one of the busiest accesses for water sports vehicles to the inland with plenty of boat traffic <9> * the Oude Haven by ferry to Enkhuizen < 9> * the beacons at the harbor entrance <9> * of the Vrouwezand (women´s sand) should be the place where the wheat should be thrown into the sea according to the legend <9> <9> For families with (small) children is the small sandy beach next to the pier at the lock to recommend, as well as the small playground with a slide on the island of the inland port.