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Heeft Zuidoost-Utrecht er wel of geen tabak van?
Een onderzoek naar de invloed van eeuwenlange tabaksteelt op het landschap van de Zuidoostelijke Utrechtse Heuvelrug
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Tijdschrift voor Historische Geografie, Volume 9, Issue 4, Nov 2024, p. 300 - 320
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- 01 Nov 2024
Abstract
Can tobacco cultivation still be seen in Southeast-Utrecht? A study into the influence of centuries of tobacco cultivation on the landscape of the Southeastern Utrechtse Heuvelrug
From the 17th until the 20th century, tobacco was cultivated in the south-eastern region of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It was especially prominent in places like Amerongen, Elst and Rhenen. This article focuses on the cultivation itself, the influence on the landscape and how the traces thereof and later references to the tobacco cultivation can be seen in the current landscape. Examples are landscape elements such as dovecotes, sheepfolds, elements related to the water which was supplied to the tobacco plants, land use and soils. Toponyms and other kinds of names have also been researched. Significant differences in the presence of influences of the tobacco cultivation and heritage between Amerongen and Elst on the one hand and Rhenen on the other have been discovered. A possible explanation for this is that tobacco cultivation was more present in Amerongen and Elst than in Rhenen.