Legemeer: Golf, Cycling Route and Bell Tower

You can plan a stay in Legemeer around several specific interests: golf, cycling and the history of the wooden bell tower. If you are looking for a hotel, it helps to decide on your main focus first. Are you interested in practice facilities and the golf course, a bike ride with a named stop, or the historic site itself?

Golf as a possible focus

The practice facilities at Golfpark Sint Nyk are free and open to everyone. BurgGolf Sint Nyk also has practice facilities and a driving range; the BurgGolf Sint Nyk golf course was designed by golf course architects Alan Rijks and Paul Rolin. For planning purposes, these details can be considered separately: the practice facilities and driving range are practical points of reference for planning your golf, while the names of Rijks and Rolin are part of the course’s history. Restaurant Kingfisher is also located at BurgGolf Sint Nyk. Visitors can charge a bicycle at BurgGolf Golfclub Sint Nyk. As restaurant hours and service availability may change, it is advisable to check briefly about both offerings before your visit.

Bell tower and local history

The wooden bell tower in Legemeer stands in a cemetery surrounded by a ditch. The inscription on the bell names Jacobus van Bergen in Midwolda as its founder in 1722. It also records that Lady A.A. van Eijsinga donated the bell to Legemeer in 1948. These are two separate events with their own dates: 1722 marks the casting, while 1948 marks the donation. This distinction in timing helps put the bell’s history in context without conflating its manufacture with its later donation. The inscription and location complement each other in telling the local history: the inscription records the events, while the location identifies the cemetery and ditch.

Cycling route through the surrounding area

The “Fietsroute Langweer - Joure - Sint Nicolaasga” route includes a stop at Klokkenstoel Legemeer. Its first section runs around the Langweerderwielen, a local recreational water area near Legemeer. The route also passes the Tjeukemeer in the area around Legemeer. If you choose the cycling route as your main focus, you have a named stop and several points of interest by the water along the described route. The Sweachmermolen is located in Boornzwaag, in the area around Legemeer; it dates from 1782. It adds another historical reference in the form of a distinct building with a specific year of construction.

Choose the focus of your stay

Golf and cycling offer different ways to plan: for golf, the practice facilities, driving range and designed course are specific points of reference; on the cycling route, the bell tower as a stop and the waterside locations along the way take centre stage. The bell inscription adds to the local history with clearly distinct dates for the casting and donation.

Discover more destinations: Sintjohannesga, Joure, Sint Nicolaasga, Terkaple, Boornzwaag, Teroele, Oldeouwer, Idskenhuizen.

For the broader travel overview: Skarsterlân.