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Ooster Bildtpollen is the northern-east part of the Dutch county
Het Bildt Het or HET may refer to: Science and technology * Hall-effect thruster, a type of ion thruster used for spacecraft propulsion * Heavy Equipment Transporter, a vehicle in the US Army's Heavy Equipment Transport System * Hobby–Eberly Telescope, a ...
in Friesland. The dikework walling off the sea was completed in 1754. The western part is called the
Wester Bildtpollen In 1715 the western area of the county Het Bildt was dyked in order to reclaim it from the sea. It was named the . From then on the area was protected from the sea by the Nieuwe Bildtdijk The Nieuwe Bildtdijk, "Nije dyk" in the local langua ... ...
and the dike that protected these lands against the sea is called the "
Nieuwe Bildtdijk The Nieuwe Bildtdijk, "Nije dyk" in the local langua ...
". Just like the older dike, the
Oude Bildtdijk The Oude Bildtdijk, "Ouwe dyk" in the local dialect "Het Bildts" was the first dike in the former Dutch county Het Bildt, built in the 16th century, to protect the new lands from flooding. Het Bildt once was part of the Middelzee and even until th ...
the Nieuwe Bildtdijk lost its function. Halfway through the 20th century a new dike further out to sea was constructed. A narrow road now runs over the dikes and many houses and farmhouses are situated along this dike, mainly on the northern side. {{coord, display=title Geography of Friesland