Garennes forest once depended on the Chatellenie of Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis belonging to the Dukes of Nevers since the 16th century.
The twelfth postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a coalman bagging coal after its combustion in charcoal kiln.
This exceptional atlas, including 28 meticulously traced maps of forest, is a very important testimony about the management of forests in the Nièvre department before the French revolution.
The eleventh postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a coalman on a kiln to control its combustion.
The tenth postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a coalman erecting a charcoal kiln.
The ninth postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a young boy drinking the water of a spring.
Etymologically, “loge” (lodge) comes from the Old Frankish word laubja (foliage hut). The lodge, precarious housing typical of the forest proletariat, was usually built by loggers or coal workers directly on the cutting areas.
The seventh postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a craftsman shaping a clog on a block.
The forest house of Petite Bertrange is located at the north-east of the state forest, along the current D38 departmental road, close to the Mazou stream and the hamlet of Les Limousins.
The fifth postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais”, printed from a photograph of Raoul Saulnier d’Anchald, depicts a woodcutter striping the bark from a oak.
