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Vaartgeld - picnic area

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    1. Vaartgeld - picnic area – Zundert Town Hall loop from Etten-Leur

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    May 30, 2024

    Lovely shady location with a touch of history about our medieval fuel 'Pat'.
    Long before there was Belgium or the Netherlands, peat was extracted for almost 5 centuries in the triangle of Antwerp, Geertruidenberg and Willemstad. In 1263 the first spade was dug into the peat. In the search for fuel, an entire layer of landscape was excavated. tangible witnesses to the peat past include peat canals.


    There was once a peat canal with a towpath at this location. Peat from the peat areas north of Zundert was transported via this canal to the peat head of Leur. The canal was dug around 1408. Every peat operator whose extraction area bordered a canal and made use of it, paid 'Vaartgeld' to the canal master for maintenance. Once the area was peat-peated, there was no need for maintenance. Large parts of this peat canal are no longer recognizable in the landscape. But sometimes still as a road like this, the Schuitvaartjaagpad.
    The name of this road is a lasting reminder of the peat past.


    Source: Information on site at the picnic bench

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