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Peat extraction information board on the Himmelmoor nature trail

Peat extraction information board on the Himmelmoor nature trail

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Peat extraction information board on the Himmelmoor nature trail

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

September 28, 2025

Peat cutting, i.e., the above-ground extraction of peat, is no longer economically viable today. Peat as a fuel has largely been replaced by other high-energy fossil fuels. Many large-scale peatlands suitable for industrial extraction have now been drained. New peat cutting areas are only permitted under strict conditions.
Raised bogs have an important regulatory effect on the water balance due to the large amounts of precipitation they can absorb. The preservation of the original habitats serves landscape conservation and species protection, as most species of peatland flora and fauna are considered threatened or critically endangered.
Bogs grow extremely slowly; an intact peat body increases in thickness by only one millimeter per year. It therefore takes a thousand years for a one-meter-high layer of peat to form. Thus, bog areas recover very slowly during restoration attempts.

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August 30, 2022

This peat pile was built in the 1920s and was used in the Hasenmoor near Großenaspe until the 1970s. After the peat mining in Hasenmoor ended, this truck came to Himmelmoor with around 75 other trucks.
The current structure of the lorry has a capacity of approx. 4.4 m3. The weight of the payload depends on the moisture of the peat. At medium humidity this could be up to 2.5 t.
The excavator has extra wide chains for the soft peat soil.

A typical peat train consisted of 6 to 10 trucks and was pulled or pushed by a diesel locomotive. Sand is carried on the trains,
which is sprinkled on the tracks when the wheels spin in wet conditions.

The wagons were coupled together with three-link dome chains.

Here you can see the tilting device for the peat flowers in the peat factory.
After unlocking the side wall, the lorry is raised hydraulically on a movable piece of track to an inclination of around 45 degrees.
Clamps on the wheels hold the wagon on the tracks.

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August 30, 2022

Before winter, the peat fields are dug with small trenches so that the surface dries more quickly in spring.
After the winter, the peat areas are leveled with the bulldozer.

The collector:
The peat container is located on a tractor-trailer with many wide wheels that prevent it from sinking into the peat. An integrated conveyor belt with crossbars collects the peat and transports it into the peat container. Before collecting, the activities in the two pictures below must be carried out.

The cultivator:
There are many springy steel tines on a tractor-trailer, which loosen the surface of the peat.

Reprimand:
The flat profiles cause the loosened peat to form small walls (hills).

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