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A bog is a wetland that accumulates peat , a deposit ___MASK65___ dead plant material  often mosses , and in a majority ___MASK65___ cases , sphagnum moss . It is one ___MASK65___ the four main types ___MASK65___ wetlands . Other names for bogs include mire , quagmire , and muskeg ; alkaline mires are called fens . They are frequently covered in ericaceous shrubs rooted in the sphagnum moss and peat . The gradual accumulation ___MASK65___ decayed plant material in a bog functions as a carbon sink . A palace is a grand residence , especially a royal residence , or the home ___MASK65___ a head ___MASK65___ state or some other high - ranking dignitary , such as a bishop or archbishop . ___MASK6___ , officially the Federal Republic ___MASK65___ ___MASK6___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area ___MASK65___ , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK6___ is the most populous member state ___MASK65___ the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK6___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , ___MASK89___ , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . " Country House " is a ___MASK63___ by English alternative rock band Blur . It was released as the lead single from the band ' s fourth album " The Great Escape " on 14 August 1995 . " Country House " was the first ___MASK65___ two Blur singles to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart ( the second being 1997 ' s " Beetlebum "). Peat , also called turf , is an accumulation ___MASK65___ partially decayed vegetation or organic matter that is unique to natural areas called peatlands , bogs , or mires . The peatland ecosystem is the most efficient carbon sink on the planet because peatland plants capture the CO which is naturally released from the peat , thus maintaining an equilibrium . In natural peatlands , the " annual rate ___MASK65___ biomass production is greater than the rate ___MASK65___ decomposition ", but it takes " thousands ___MASK65___ years for peatlands to develop the deposits ___MASK65___ , which is the average depth ___MASK65___ the boreal peatlands ". One ___MASK65___ the most common components is " Sphagnum " moss ( peat moss ), although many other plants can contribute . Soils that contain mostly peat are known as histosols . Peat forms in wetland conditions , where flooding obstructs flows ___MASK65___ oxygen from the atmosphere , slowing rates ___MASK65___ decomposition . ___MASK48___ Europe is the ___MASK48___ part or region of Europe . Although no definitive borders or definition exists for the term , geographically , ___MASK48___ Europe may be considered to consist approximately of all of Europe above the 52nd parallel north ; which includes ( from west to east ) most or all of : Iceland , the Republic of Ireland , the Isle of Man , the United Kingdom , the Faroe Islands , the Netherlands , ___MASK48___ Germany , Denmark , Norway , Sweden , ___MASK48___ Poland , Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and northwest Russia . However , narrower definitions may also be used based on other geographical factors , such as climate and ecology . Greenland , geographically a part of North America , is politically a part of the Kingdom of Denmark , and may be included depending on the definition . A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free - draining infertile , acidic soils and is characterised by open , low - growing woody vegetation . Moorland is generally related to high - ground heaths with  especially in the ___MASK73___  a cooler and more damp climate . ___MASK37___ is a municipality ( Danish , " kommune ") in Region Syddanmark on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark . The municipality covers an area of 640 km² , and has a total population of 87 , 781 ( 2008 ). Its mayor is Jørn Pedersen , a member of the Liberal Party (" Venstre ") political party . The main city and the site of its municipal council is the seaport city of Kolding , the sixth largest city in Denmark . ___MASK75___ is a Scandinavian country in Europe . The southernmost and smallest ___MASK65___ the Nordic countries , it is south - west ___MASK65___ Sweden and south ___MASK65___ Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom ___MASK65___ ___MASK75___ is the sovereign state that comprises ___MASK75___ proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North ___MASK34___ : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . ___MASK75___ has a total area ___MASK65___ , and a population ___MASK65___ 5 . 7 million . The country consists ___MASK65___ a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago ___MASK65___ 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate . ___MASK4___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part ___MASK65___ Eurasia . ___MASK4___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the ___MASK34___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK4___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides ___MASK65___ the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways ___MASK65___ the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders ___MASK65___ ___MASK4___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK4___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . In the history ___MASK65___ Europe , the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century . It began with the fall ___MASK65___ the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age ___MASK65___ Discovery . The Middle Ages is the middle period ___MASK65___ the three traditional divisions ___MASK65___ Western history : classical antiquity , the medieval period , and the modern period . The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early , High , and Late Middle Ages . Kolding is a Danish seaport located at the head ___MASK65___ Kolding Fjord in the Region ___MASK65___ Southern Denmark . It is the seat ___MASK65___ ___MASK37___ . It is a transportation , commercial , and manufacturing centre , and has numerous industrial companies , principally geared towards shipbuilding . The manufacturing ___MASK65___ machinery and textiles and livestock export are other economically significant activities . Koldinghus is a Danish royal castle in the town ___MASK65___ Kolding on the south central part ___MASK65___ the Jutland peninsula . The castle was founded in the 13th century and was expanded since with many functions ranging from fortress , royal residency , ruin , museum , and the location ___MASK65___ numerous wartime negotiations . The castle was originally founded by Christoffer I in 1268 but the oldest remaining part ___MASK65___ buildings is the north side facing the castle lake originally built by king Christoffer III ( 1441 -- 1448 ) . The western side was later built by king Christian I ( 1448 -- 1481 ) . King Christian III built the south side and the small towers in the courtyard . Today the restored castle functions as a museum containing collections ___MASK65___ furniture from the 16th century to present , Roman and Gothic church culture , older Danish paintings , crafts focused on ceramics and silver and shifting thematized exhibitions . An arrowslit ( often also referred to as an arrow loop , loophole or loop ___MASK94___ , and sometimes a balistraria ) is a thin vertical aperture in a fortification through which an archer can launch arrows . Jutland , also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula , is a peninsula ___MASK65___ ___MASK48___ Europe that forms the continental portion ___MASK65___ Denmark and the ___MASK48___ portion ___MASK65___ Germany . The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri , respectively . Jutland ' s terrain is relatively flat , with open lands , heaths , plains and peat bogs in the west and a more elevated and slightly hilly terrain in the east . The Cimbri were an ancient people , either Germanic or Celtic who , together with the Teutones and the Ambrones , fought the Roman Republic between 113 and 101 BC . The Cimbri were initially successful , particularly at the ___MASK90___ ___MASK65___ Arausio , in which a large Roman army was routed , after which they raided large areas in Gaul and Hispania . In 101 BC , during an attempted invasion ___MASK65___ Italy , the Cimbri were decisively defeated by Gaius Marius , and their king , Boiorix , was killed . Some ___MASK65___ the surviving captives are reported to have been among the rebelling Gladiators in the Third Servile War . Region ___MASK65___ Southern Denmark is an administrative region ___MASK65___ Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part ___MASK65___ the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform , which replaced the traditional counties (" amter ") with five larger regions . At the same time , smaller municipalities were merged into larger units , cutting the number ___MASK65___ municipalities from 271 before 1 January 2006 to 98 . The reform was implemented in Denmark on 1 January 2007 , although the merger ___MASK65___ the Funish municipalities ___MASK65___ Ærøskøbing and Marstal , being a part ___MASK65___ the reform , was given the go - ahead to be implemented on Sunday 1 January 2006 , one year before the main reform . The Middle ___MASK51___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and ___MASK53___ . The corresponding adjective is " Middle - Eastern " and the derived noun is " Middle - Easterner ". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement ___MASK65___ the term Near ___MASK51___ ( as opposed to Far ___MASK51___ ) beginning in the early 20th century . A castle ( from ) is a type ___MASK65___ fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by nobility . Scholars debate the scope ___MASK65___ the word " castle ", but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence ___MASK65___ a lord or noble . This is distinct from a palace , which is not fortified ; from a fortress , which was not always a residence for nobility ; and from a fortified settlement , which was a public defence  though there are many similarities among these types ___MASK65___ construction . Usage ___MASK65___ the term has varied over time and has been applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses . Over the approximately 900 years that castles were built , they took on a great many forms with many different features , although some , such as curtain walls and arrowslits , were commonplace . The Jutes , Iuti , or Iutæ were a Germanic people . According to Bede , the Jutes were one ___MASK65___ the three most powerful Germanic peoples ___MASK65___ their time in the Nordic Iron Age , the other two being the Saxons and the Angles .