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The Peat Cutter

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    1. Sint-Nicolaaskerk Meijel – The Peat Cutter loop from Meijel

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    February 7, 2022

    The artwork "De Turfsteker", designed by Truus Coumans in 1991, shows a stocky figure of a peat cutter who is busy sticking out heavy peat from a peat bank using a peat shovel. The face of the peat cutter has been worked out in detail, while the rest of the image has been left coarse and almost "muddy". For centuries, people moved into the Peel from Meijel to cut peat. Every year they leased a piece of peeling area and extracted peat from it, which was used as fuel in stoves and for fertilizing the stable.

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      Location: Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands

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