De Veenarbeider
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member team Hebbes
N 52° 25.500 E 004° 59.720
31U E 635672 N 5810182
Bronzen beeld bij de Volgermeerpolder te Amsterdam-Noord. Bronze statue near the Volgermeerpolder north of Amsterdam.
Waymark Code: WMHY9J
Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 08/26/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
Views: 5

Ter gelegenheid van de afronding van de "sanering" van de Volgermeerpolder is op 19 april 2011 door ZKH Prins Willem Alexander dit beeld ‘de Veenarbeider’ onthuld. Het beeld is gemaakt in opdracht van het Burgerkomitee ter gelegenheid van het dertigjarig bestaan, door Heleen Levano en het vormt een blijvende herinnering aan de mensen die in de vorige eeuw op de Veenderij Zunderdorp hebben gewerkt.

On the occasion of the completion of the reorganization of the Volgermeerpolder on April 19, 2011 HRH Prince Willem Alexander revealed this statue 'the peatdigger'. The statue was commissioned by the Civic Holland Committee on the occasion of the thirty years of its existence, created by Heleen Levano and it is a lasting memory to the people who worked at the Veenderij Zunderdorp in the last century.
Sector of the workforce: Peat digger

Created or Donated by which group: Burgerkomitee Volgermeer

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