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The De Hoed Mill is a post mill in
The De Hoed Mill is a post mill in Waarde
Waarde is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Reimerswaal, about 4 km southeast of Kruiningen.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1219 as Ward, and means "land near water". The original ...
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. The structure was originally built as an oil mill in the town of Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...
in 1550, and was converted to a corn mill in the late 17th century. The mill was moved to its current location in 1989.
The windmill is listed as a protected structure under rijksmonument
A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands ...
number 32419.
References
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