Loosdrechtse Plassen

The Loosdrecht Lakes are a huge water sports and nature area between Amsterdam and Utrecht. The time period Loosdrecht Lakes is the ancient collective name for all lakes within the former municipality of Loosdrecht . Sometimes most effective the First to Fifth Lakes are referred to as Loosdrecht Lakes. Originally the Loosdrecht Lakes have been a peat place that changed into too soggy for agricultural purposes. To drain the area, ditches had been dug to the Vecht in Utrecht. The peat lavatory that emerged changed into dry enough for use as a pasture place. In the sixteenth century the peat turned into chipped for peat .

In the seventeenth and 18th centuries , the use of the dredging bracket additionally made it feasible to paint beneath groundwater ranges. Draw holes filled with water had been created among the layers. Not absolutely everyone obeyed the guidelines for peat extraction. The narrow layers were dug away or they were swept away by the waves in stormy weather and the puddles steadily grew to the modern size. Here and there within the First to the Fifth Lake some pieces of legger were preserved, in addition to alongside some financial institution areas of the lakes. The Kievitsbuurt is an instance of a fairly well-preserved layered vicinity.