De Weyert is a smock mill in
Makkinga,
Friesland,
Netherlands which was built in 1925 and is in working order. The mill is listed as a
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 31725.
History
The mill was originally built in 1868 as a sawmill at
Gorredijk
Gorredijk ( fry, De Gordyk) is the largest town in the municipality of Opsterland, in the Dutch province of Friesland. Gorredijk had a population of 7,360 in 2019.
The hamlets of Easterein and Kortezwaag are also part of the town. The latter was ...
,
where it replaced a smock mill that had been built in 1763,
[ Enter 5062 in DB Nr field, then click on linked page] which itself had replaced a
post mill that was standing in 1718. The mill stood at ().
[ Enter 8509 in DB Nr field, then click on linked page] In 1912, the mill was moved to
Twijtel () and converted to a corn mill. The mill was moved to Makkum in 1925.
[ A new windshaft and sails were fitted when the mill was moved. The name ''De Weyert'' comes from miller Weyert Zeephat, who had the mill moved to Marrum and worked the mill until his death in 1970 at the age of 97.]Aalten
Aalten () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort (1818) and Dinxperlo (2005) have been merged with Aalten.
Notable inhabitants of Aalten include Angus Young, guitarist of the Australian ro ...
, Gelderland.[ On 17 December 2005, the sails were damaged in a storm. They were repaired in 2006.][ The mill is used to train millers in the craft of milling.][
]
Description
''De Weyert'' is what the Dutch describe as a " stellingmolen" . It is a smock mill on a two-storey base, there is a stage at second-floor level, above ground level. The smock and cap are thatched. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The sails are Patent sails. They have a span of . The sails are carried on a cast-iron ''windshaft'', which was cast by H J Koning of Foxham, Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
. The ''windshaft'' also carries the ''brake wheel'', which has 57 cogs. This drives the ''wallower'' (30 cogs) at the top of the ''upright shaft''. At the bottom of the ''upright shaft'', the ''great spur wheel'', which has 88 cogs. The ''great spur wheel'' drives a pair of diameter French Burr millstones via a ''lantern pinion stone nut'' which has 26 staves.[
]
Millers
*Weyert Zeephat (1925–70)[
]
Public access
''De Weyert'' is open to the public on Saturdays from 09:00 to 12:00.
References
{{Dutch Windmills
Windmills in Friesland
Windmills completed in 1925
Smock mills in the Netherlands
Grinding mills in the Netherlands
Rijksmonuments in Friesland