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Grutte Mûne, Broeksterwâld
The Grutte Mûne (English: ''Great Mill'', Dutch: ''De Grote Molen'') is a smock mill in Broeksterwâld, Friesland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 11679. (Click on "Technische gegevens" to view.) History In 1880 a windmill was built on this site by millwright Oege Plantinga of Wânswert. This mill was burnt down in 1887. The ''Grutte Mûne'' was built to replace it by millwright Gerben van Wieren of Jannum. It was originally built with two Archimedes' screws. The mill was at one time equipped with Patent sails. In 1934, one of the Archimedes' screws was transferred to the ''Lytse Mûne''. The spurwheel needed to drive the second screw was removed around 1986 and later reused in gristmill De Vlijt. A centrifugal pump was installed in 1943 and the mill ceased to work. The mill was restored in 1959 and again in 1975, at which time the patent system sails were replaced by commons sails. In 1977 it was sold to Stich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smock Mill
The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This type of windmill got its name from its resemblance to smocks worn by farmers in an earlier period. Construction Smock mills differ from tower mills, which are usually cylindrical rather than hexagonal or octagonal, and built from brick or stone masonry instead of timber. The majority of smock mills are octagonal in plan, with a lesser number hexagonal, such as Killick's Mill, Meopham. A very small number of smock mills were decagonal or dodecagonal in plan, an example of the latter being at Wicken, Cambridgeshire. Distribution Smock mills exist in Europe and particularly in England, where they were common, particularly in the county of Kent, where the tallest surviving smock mill in the United Kingdom, Union Mill, can be found at Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jannum
Jannum () is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether .... It had a population of around 63 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. The village was first mentioned in 1506 as Jawnum. The etymology is unclear. The Dutch Reformed Church is from the 14th century and has 13th century elements. In 1840, Jannum was home to 97 people. Gallery File:De Terp met kerkje en huisjes. Janum..JPG, View on Jannum File:Janum Huisje en Kerkje op de Terp..JPG, House in Jannum File:Diakoniewoningen in Jannum.JPG, House in Jannum References External links Noardeast-Fryslân Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rijksmonuments In Friesland
A (, ) 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 had 61,822 listed national heritage sites, of which approximately 1,500 are listed as archaeological sites. History and criteria Until 2012, a place had to be over 50 years old to be eligible for designation. This criterion expired on 1 January 2012. The current legislation governing the monuments is the ''Monumentenwet van 1988'' ("Monument Law of 1988"). The organization responsible for caring for the monuments, which used to be called ''Monumentenzorg'', was recently renamed, and is now called Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (national service for cultural heritage). In June 2009, the Court of The Hague decided that individual purchasers of buildings that were listed as rijksmonuments would be exempt from paying transfer tax, effective f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smock Mills In The Netherlands
Smock may refer to one of the following: * Smock-frock, a coat-like outer garment, often worn to protect the clothes * Smocking, an embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered, then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place * Chemise, a woman's undergarment * A smock mill, a windmill with a wooden tower, resembling the garment in appearance * A Ghanaian smock, a shirt worn in Ghana * Smock (surname), list of people with the name {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windmills Completed In 1887
A windmill is a machine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or windmill sail, sails to mill (grinding), mill grain (gristmills), pump water, generate electricity, or drive other machinery. Windmills were used throughout the High Middle Ages, high medieval and early modern periods; the horizontal or panemone windmill first appeared in Persia during the 9th century, and the vertical windmill first appeared in northwestern Europe in the 12th century. Regarded as an icon of Culture of the Netherlands, Dutch culture, there are approximately 1,000 windmills in the Netherlands today. Forerunners Wind-powered machines have been known earlier, the Babylonian emperor Hammurabi had used wind mill power for his irrigation project in Mesopotamia in the 17th century BC. Later, Hero of Alexandria (Heron) in first-century Roman Egypt described what appears to be a wind-driven wheel to power a machine.Dietrich Lohrmann, "Von der östlichen zur westlichen Windmühle", ''Archiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and has been described as the country's ''de facto'' capital since the time of the Dutch Republic, while Amsterdam is the official capital of the Netherlands. The Hague is the core municipality of the COROP, Greater The Hague urban area containing over 800,000 residents, and is also part of the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, which, with a population of approximately 2.6 million, is the largest metropolitan area of the Netherlands. The city is also part of the Randstad region, one of the largest conurbations in Europe. The Hague is the seat of the Cabinet of the Netherlands, Cabinet, the States General of the Netherlands, States General, the Supreme Court of the Neth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thatch
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, Phragmites, water reed, Cyperaceae, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), Juncus, rushes, Calluna, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed—trapping air—thatching also functions as roof insulation, insulation. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still employed by builders in developing countries, usually with low-cost local vegetation. By contrast, in some developed countries it is the choice of some affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home, would like a more ecologically friendly roof, or who have purchased an originally thatched abode. History Thatching methods have traditionally been passed down from generation to generation and numerous descriptions of the materials and methods used in Europe over the past ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stichting De Fryske Mole
The Stichting De Fryske Mole (; ; ) is a foundation for the preservation of windmills in the Dutch province Friesland, owning 42 of the 124 windmills in Friesland and closely co-operating with the Gild Fryske Mounders with which it publishes a quarterly magazine, ''De Utskoat''. The ''Stichting De Fryske Mole'' was founded in December 1970 to preserve those mills that were otherwise difficult to save. Consequently, all of the foundation's mills are drainage mills often standing in remote locations where there are no other parties interested in or able to pay for restoration and maintenance. See also * Gild Fryske Mounders * De Hollandsche Molen Vereniging De Hollandsche Molen () ( is a Dutch organization founded in 1923 to preserve windmills in the Netherlands, to document them, and to restore them. Financial support comes from members and from grants by organizations such as the (a D ... External links Website De Fryske Mole [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Vlijt, Koudum
De Vlijt () or Molen 't Op is a post mill in Koudum, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1986 and is working in working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 34081. History The first mention of a mill on this site was its appearance on a map of Koudum in 1718. Enter 3705 in DB Nr field, then click on linked page In 1823, a rye, barley and mustard mill was advertised for sale. The mill had sails with a span of and a stage at a height of . It was valued at over ƒ5,500 The mill was owned by Heerke Reinders Heerkens and was sold to Hendrik Gerrits van der Meulen. In 1830, the mill is shown with an octagonal plan, which may indicate that it was a smock mill. In 1832, it was sold to Peter Tjebbes of Stavoren. He died in 1833 and the mill passed to his widow Durkje Reinders Visser. She sold the mill in 1839 for ƒ6,064 to Harman van der Sluis Meines of Bakhuizen. In 1859, the mill was owned by P L van der Wal, who advertised for an miller's assistant in the '' Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wânswert
Wânswert () is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of approximately 193 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. History The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Wandelswert, and means "''terp'' of Wandilo." Wânswert is a ''terp'' (artificial living mound) village dating from several centuries before Christ. The choir of the Dutch Reformed church dates from 1335. The nave and tower were built in the 16th century. In 1840, Wânswert was home to 343 people. The polder mill De Victor was built in 1867 and was built to replace six small windmill and three ''tjaskers''. It was restored between 1975 and 1977, and since 2006 serves as a backup and sometimes aid to the pumping station. In the late-19th century, the southern side of the ''terp'' was excavated. Gallery File:Wânswert, Petrustsjerke.jpg, Dutch Reformed church File:De jachthaven van Tergrecht..JPG, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patent Sails
Windmills are powered by their sails. Sails are found in different forms, from primitive common sails to the advanced patent sails. Jib sails The jib sail is found in Mediterranean countries and consists of a simple triangle of cloth wound round a spar. The mill must be stopped in order to adjust the reefing of the sail. Though rare in the UK, at least two windmills are known to have had jib sails (St Mary's, Isle of Scilly and Cann Mills, Melbury Abbas). Image:Windmill Antimahia Kos.jpg, Jib sails Image:Sobreiro.jpg, More fully spread Image:Spanish Mill, St Mary's.jpg, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly File:Cann Mill, Melbury Abbas.jpg, Cann Mills, Melbury Abbas Common sails The common sail is the simplest form of sail. In medieval mills, the sailcloth was wound in and out of a ladder-type arrangement of sails. Medieval sails could be constructed with or without outer sailbars. Post-medieval mill sails have a lattice framework over which the sailcloth is spread. There are var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
