THE

CULTURE OF

PEATLANDS

• Institute for Heritage and Archtecture

• Dr. Michiel A.W. Gerding, historian of the provincie Drenthe• PO Box 117, 9400 AC Assen, Netherlands• m.gerding@drentsplateau.nl• 0031592305930

The culture of peatlands: Archeological finds

The Weerdinge couple: bog bodies from Drenthe (Drents Museum)

The culture of peatlands: Painting

• J.J. Mancadan: Peateries near Groningen (ca. 1650)

The culture of peatlands: Painting

» Vincent van Gogh: Bridge in Veenoord (Drenthe), 1883

The culture of peatlands: Historical photographs

• Peatbarge in Dutch canal (Hoogeveen ca. 1900)

The culture of peatlands: Historical documents

• Pieter Serwouters: Lock, ca. 1630

The culture of peatlands: Historical Cartography

• French Army:Topographical map 1812: Drenthe

The culture of peatlands: Educational classroom poster

Heijenbrock: Peat-digging in Drenthe ca.1910

The culture of peatlands: Documenting the past

The culture of peatlands: Industrial heritage

Griendstveen Peatmoss litter factory in 1996 (photo: Harry Cock)

The culture of peatlands: Social history of labour

Family labour in drying the sods ca. 1910

The culture of peatlands: Landart

Peatpolis.nl, Drenthe 2003

The culture of peatlands: Drawing

Kraaypoel: Stack of peat sods in Worpswede Germany

The culture of peatlands: The importance of transport

Jouke Nijman: Loading up (ca. 1990)

The culture of peatlands: modern technology

Active carbon factory with modern greenhouses on former peatlands

The culture of peatlands

a sense of history

a source of inspiration

a common background

a basis for public relations

IPS Commission VIII