Vriescheloo
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Vriescheloo is a village in the municipality of Westerwolde in the Netherlands.
Smock mill De Korenbloem in 2008
Church in c. 2011
Modern castle
Farm (1969)
Peat
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Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. Sphagnum moss, also called peat moss, is one
Vriescheloo
…sand ridge which formed the old road between Groningen and Germany. The village dates from the 11th or 12th century. Its first inhabitants were mainly peat harvesters, and it developed into an agricultural community. The 19th century smock mill De Korenbloem is located in the village…
A lump of peat
Peat stacks in Südmoslesfehn (district of Oldenburg, Germany) in 2013
Peat gatherers at Westhay, Somerset Levels in 1905
Peat extraction in East Frisia, Germany in 1987