Pionier - Mantinge - the Netherlands
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N 52° 48.332 E 006° 36.868
32U E 339200 N 5853304
Statue of a pioneer farmer looking over his fields, near Mantinge, a small village in the Dutch Province Drenthe.
Waymark Code: WM15RT8
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/18/2022
Views: 5
Statue de Pionier
Here on the edge of Mantinge is a statue of a farmer looking over his fields. The statue is part of a group of three. The other two are in Balinge, where a tool is depicted (wheelbarrow), and in Garminge, where an animal is depicted (ox).
Until the Middle Ages, the land in this area was not cultivated, it was swampy ground with forest on it.
After the Middle Ages, farmers from Westerbork settled here and used the grounds as pastureland.
At the moment it is no longer used for agriculture but returned to nature.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Alphons ter Avest
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2015
Materials used: Iron
Location: Next to a road, de Pionier looks at his pastures
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