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The People and the Environment in Lohja Region from Prehistory to the 21st Century

 

A collection of essays and photographs for the second and the third part of Comenius project: “Cultural and economic development through centuries”

The idea of this European Union funded project (Socrates/Comenius -program) is to study and compare coastal areas in different parts of Europe. Special focus is on the effect of humans on the environment and vice versa.

Schools from different parts of Europe exchange this information between each other.


Coordinator school: I.E.S. Agra do Orzan in A Coruna, Spain

Partner schools: Järnefelt school, Lohja Finland
Gymnasium am Wall in Verden, Germany
Zespol Szkól ekonomicznych in Slupa. Poland
Index page

A short Political History of Finland

The Pre-history of Lohja

First inhabitants in Lohja region

The church of Saint Lawrence

Ojamo iron mine

"Ruukki" in Mustio

Agriculture and the arctic climate

Petter Forsström

Tytyri limestone mine

Ojamo limestone mine

Saw mills

Paper mills

Tourism in Lohja

Lake Lohja

Parks and nature trails

Museums

Lohja today

The writers

Sources

The map of Lohja

 

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