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JDP9050404-189

Netherlands, Fleringen. The 'Kroezeboom', a 500 year old oak standing in the countryside. Kroezeboom (sometimes referred to as kroeseboom written) means kruisboom: a tree that indicates a border or crossing. At several places in the Netherlands, this name is used for oak. Such trees could have different functions: as place of law, holy place or borderpoint.

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Netherlands, Fleringen. The 'Kroezeboom', a 500 year old oak standing in the countryside. Kroezeboom (sometimes referred to as kroeseboom written) means kruisboom: a tree that indicates a border or crossing. At several places in the Netherlands, this name is used for oak. Such trees could have different functions: as place of law, holy place or borderpoint.