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Griendtsveen Peat Works Edewecht

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Griendtsveen Peat Works Edewecht

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Location: Edewecht, Ammerland, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Bo-Ma

August 30, 2023

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To the south of the coastal canal in the Husbäke district of Edewecht is the Edewecht GmbH peat factory owned by Griendtsveen AG. It was largely rebuilt in 1996 on the site of the former Sevin peat works. Its 600 mm field railway was dismantled and replaced by a new railway with a 900 mm gauge. The plant reaches the Vehnemoor, where peat is extracted in the immediate vicinity of the Klasmann-Deilmann mining areas. The two route networks have several intersections and also a track connection. Source: entlang-der-gleise.de/Feldbahnen/Torf-Griendtsveen-Edewecht.html

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August 30, 2023

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Field railways in Germany are almost extinct. Up until the 1960s, they were ubiquitous in road and traffic route construction, as well as in the mining industry. Today, the remaining …

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Alwin R 🚲

September 5, 2021

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The peat factory in Edewecht is always worth a trip by bike ... once through the Vehnemoor by bike is great

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Distance 1.62 km

Uphill 20 m

Downhill 10 m

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