The Bourtanger Moor (Dutch: Bourtangerveen/Bourtangermoeras, German: Bourtanger Moor, Low Saxon: Boertanger Moor) was a bog in eastern parts in the Dutch provinces of Drenthe and Groningen and the bordering German districts of Bentheim and Emsland. A remaining stretch on the border between Drenthe and the districts Emsland and Betheim is now a nature reserve, the Internationaler Naturpark Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen.
a nature reserve, the Internationaler Naturpark Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen. The Bourtange Swamp had the shape of a V. The western leg covered the valley...
a strategically important sand ridge in the marshes of the BourtangeMoor. Fort Bourtange was initially built during the Eighty Years' War (circa 1568–1648)...
bodies found in 1904 in Weerdinge, Drenthe, in the southern part of Bourtangemoor, in the Netherlands. Radiocarbon dating shows that they likely died...
of turf from bogs (hoogveen, "high fen") in the east, like the large Bourtangemoor, extended until the 20th century. Notable people with the surname include:...
area). The largest contiguous raised bog in central Europe was the BourtangeMoor, which originally covered an area of about 2,300 km2 including the Dutch...
is directly on the border with Germany, in Barger-Compascuum in the Bourtangemoor. He is of Dutch and German descent. Among his ancestors is the settler...
bog bodies from between 160 BCE and 220 CE, in the southern part of Bourtangemoor. Born: Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician; in Łódź, Russian Empire...
Drenthe, because the border between the Netherlands and Germany in the Bourtangemoor was not delimited and was a common pasture for shepherds from both sides...
municipality of Onstwedde, but was merged into Stadskanaal in 1968. The Bourtangemoor was located in the south-east of Groningen. It was a raised bog with...
10 Squadron 30 14 February 1945 21:17 Halifax Møn Island 31 4 March 1945 20:29 Lancaster east of Aahus 32 4 March 1945 23:32 Lancaster Bourtangemoor...
establish a border post. Sellingen used to be part of the municipality of Bourtange. In 1821, it became part of Vlagtwedde.: 9 Many people desired a more...
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