Mient grounds (Mientgronden) are wet moors and grasslands along the inner edges of the dunes, they lie in a strip between Den Hoorn and De Koog. Until the 17th century, the mient grounds were used as common pasture land, in the 19th century it was decided to make the area more profitable by planting pasture and especially production forest. Now it is an important nature and recreation area that is part of the National Park Dunes of Texel...Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator.© 1 juli 2018 Marco van Middelkoop/Aerophoto-Schiphol