Buinerveen is a village in the
Dutch 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 Jan ...
. It is a part of the municipality of
Borger-Odoorn
Borger-Odoorn () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.
The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the Neolithic and mesolit ...
, and lies about 18 km north of
Emmen.
The village was first mentioned in 1762 as Bunerveen, and means "
raised bog
Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation (ombro ...
belonging to
Buinen".
Buinerveen was a former
peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...
colony. Later it developed into an agricultural community.
Buinerveen was home to 205 people in 1840.
References
Populated places in Drenthe
Borger-Odoorn
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