#strafkolonie

[nonbeliever1981]

Wer in Gefangenschaft nicht schläft, sitzt letztlich die doppelte Zeit ab.

Ich-Erzähler (abgewandeltes Zitat aus “Gothic”von Piranha Bytes)

[kirstenlenferink-blog]

Veenhuizen was a small village build in the fourteenth century for peat extraction. In 1823 the appearance of the small village completely changed when three large asylums for beggars, vagrants and orphans were build. The Benevolent Society wanted the poor to work on the land and in the peat extraction. Initially they offered poor families from the major cities to voluntarily come to Veenhuizen and settle there in large colonies. The idea behind it was that a farmer could build a new life. Apparently not everyone chose for this solution, so the Benevolent Society forced the poor to relocate.

Large, square asylums provided shelter to an average of 1,200 prisoners or inmates as they were then called. They were housed in dormitories of eighty people. These characteristic buildings in Veenhuizen are nowadays more and more inhabited by citizens who have nothing to do with the justice system.

Because the village was so thoughtfully constructed for the extraction of peat, the field boundaries are square and elongated. Nowaydays you can still find the traces on the maps.