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Deurne (Netherlands)
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Deurne is a rural municipality
and eponymous village in the province of North Brabant
in the Netherlands
. Including the villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Neerkant, and Helenaveen, Deurne has a population of almost 32.000 on an area of 118.02 km2.
in 721, Deurne remained a collection of subsistence farming hamlets stretching (North to South) along the Peel
peat
moor
until the 2nd half of the 19th century, when a newly built railroad (Eindhoven - Venlo in 1866) and a canal
(Zuid-Willemsvaart canal in 1826) enabled the commercial exploitation of the moor. Although the peat industry did not yield much of a profit
in the era of coal
powered industries, the cultivation of the newly cleared land, in the 1930s also by forced labour
, gave a boost to agriculture
, farming, and settlement alike. Today only tiny pieces of this former peat moor remain, some reflooded as mini wetland
s, scattered along the fault line
that once brought about its very existence.
Coincidentally the very same Anglo Dutch Griendtsveen Peat Moss Litter Company Ltd. that extracted a significant part of the peat in the Peel
moved to Thorne (Moorends
) South Yorkshire
, U.K., where several of its Dutch employees settled as immigrant workers.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and eponymous village in the province of North Brabant
North Brabant
North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Including the villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Neerkant, and Helenaveen, Deurne has a population of almost 32.000 on an area of 118.02 km2.
History
First recorded as Durninum (near / by thorns) in a deed of gift from the Frankish Lord Herelaef to bishop WillibrordWillibrord
__notoc__Willibrord was a Northumbrian missionary saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands...
in 721, Deurne remained a collection of subsistence farming hamlets stretching (North to South) along the Peel
Peel, Netherlands
thumb|250px|A peat lake near [[Griendtsveen]].thumb|250px|A barn roof with vegetation typical of the region.De Peel is a region in the Southeast of the Netherlands that straddles the border between the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg....
peat
Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
moor
Moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat, in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome, found in upland areas, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils and heavy fog...
until the 2nd half of the 19th century, when a newly built railroad (Eindhoven - Venlo in 1866) and a canal
Canal
Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...
(Zuid-Willemsvaart canal in 1826) enabled the commercial exploitation of the moor. Although the peat industry did not yield much of a profit
Profit (economics)
In economics, the term profit has two related but distinct meanings. Normal profit represents the total opportunity costs of a venture to an entrepreneur or investor, whilst economic profit In economics, the term profit has two related but distinct meanings. Normal profit represents the total...
in the era of coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
powered industries, the cultivation of the newly cleared land, in the 1930s also by forced labour
Unfree labour
Unfree labour includes all forms of slavery as well as all other related institutions .-Payment for unfree labour:If payment occurs, it may be in one or more of the following forms:...
, gave a boost to agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, farming, and settlement alike. Today only tiny pieces of this former peat moor remain, some reflooded as mini wetland
Wetland
A wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands are categorised by their characteristic vegetation, which is adapted to these unique soil conditions....
s, scattered along the fault line
Fault line
In geology, fault line refers to the surface trace of a fault.Fault line, Fault Line, or faultline may also refer to:* "Faultline", a song from the 2008 studio album Versus by The Haunted...
that once brought about its very existence.
Coincidentally the very same Anglo Dutch Griendtsveen Peat Moss Litter Company Ltd. that extracted a significant part of the peat in the Peel
Peel, Netherlands
thumb|250px|A peat lake near [[Griendtsveen]].thumb|250px|A barn roof with vegetation typical of the region.De Peel is a region in the Southeast of the Netherlands that straddles the border between the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg....
moved to Thorne (Moorends
Moorends
Moorends is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster , on the border with Lincolnshire. It is part of the civil parish of Thorne, which lies to the south....
) South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, U.K., where several of its Dutch employees settled as immigrant workers.