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van der Veen is a common Dutch surname. It originates from north west Germany or adjoining areas in the Netherlands. "Veen" is a type of soil, specifically bog or turf (similar to the type originating in lakes that have slowly been filled with half-decomposed plants, moss and algae and known as "raised bog". In Dutch this type of bog is known as "laagveen" or low bog. "Hoogveen" (high bog) is turf or bog covering higher ground, the English equivalent is "blanket bog". Both types of bog (veen) have largely been used for fuel and mostly disappeared in the Netherlands. The same has happened in Germany where enormous areas have been stripped for fuel. Nearly all Dutch turf (veen) has been used for fuel as well). "Van der" means "from the". Together it means "from the soil" or "from the bog". Many Dutch labourers worked the German turf fields. Usually the turf was transported by flat-bottomed ships of a type called "tjalk" via canals dug in the turf fields. Often the results were the return of lakes, like Loosdecht, Vinkeveen. More geographical names remind us of the turf e.g. Hoogeveen. Notable people with the surname include: *Dennis van der Veen (born 1982), Dutch volleyball player *Eelke van der Veen (born 1946), Dutch politician *Frans van der Veen (1919–1975), Dutch footballer *Gerrit van der Veen (1902–1944), Dutch sculptor *Jan van der Veen (born 1948), Dutch footballer *Jitse van der Veen (1928–1976), Dutch swimmer *Loet van der Veen (1921-2015), American Sculptor *Paulus van der Veen (c. 1660 – 1733), Dutch colonial governor *Robert van der Veen (1906–1996), Dutch field hockey player *Wim van der Veen, Dutch bowling player *Marten van der Veen (born 1946), British air marshal ==See also== *Van der Veen Ice Stream, ice stream in Antarctica 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Van der Veen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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