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Eeserveen is a village in the 
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
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province of Drenthe
Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...
. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn
Borger-Odoorn () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.
The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the neolithic and mesolithic Funnelbeaker culture, as well ...
, and lies about 14 km northwest of Emmen.
The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as Eesterveen, and means "peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...
excavation settlement belonging to Ees". The excavation of the peat started around 1870. It used to consists mainly of sod house
The sod house or soddy was an often used alternative to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the Great Plains of Canada and the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s. Primarily used at first for animal shelters, corrals, and fences, ...
s which were later replaced by stone houses.
Until 1997, the village was split between Borger Borger may refer to:
*Borger (name), a surname and given name
*Borger, Netherlands
*Borger, Texas, U.S.
See also
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* Boorger
* Börger
* Borge (disambiguation)
* Børge
* Burger (disambiguation)
Burger or Burgers may refer to:
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and Odoorn. In 1998, it became part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn
Borger-Odoorn () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.
The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the neolithic and mesolithic Funnelbeaker culture, as well ...
.
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