Vaalermoor

Vaalermoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

Geography and transport

Vaalermoor situated about 12 km west of Itzehoe in a rural environment. A few kilometers west runs the North Sea-Baltic Canal, northwest of the federal highway 431 from Itzehoe to heather.

Policy

Since the local elections of 2008, the voters Community KWV has all seven seats on the municipal council.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Azure, two silver, crossed Torfspaten a silver windmill. "

The community Vaalermoor lies on the edge of space the High Westedter Geest in the lowlands of Kudenseemoores. This landscape is strongly influenced by its proximity groundwater and wetland soils. The use of suction drainage mills for the grassland was a prerequisite for their agricultural use. Torfspaten remember the former economic importance of peat extraction for the community.

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