AbstractTo study the immigration and spreading of the beech(Fagus sylvaticaL.) in the Netherlands during the young Holocene, three peat bogs were palynologically investigated in the eastern Netherlands and in the adjacent German area. For this purpose peat samples have been collected in the Korenburgerveen near Winterswijk, in a peat bog near Burlo (Germany) and in the Aamsveen south‐east of Enschede. The analysis of the peat‐samples proved, that extensive beech‐forests existed in subatlantic times in the subcentreuropean flora district of the Netherlands. This is shown in the comparatively high Fagus‐percentages in the pollen