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List Of Windmills In Friesland
A list of windmills in the Dutch province of Friesland. Locations A B C, D E F, G H I, J K, L M N O P, R S T – V W – Z Notes Mills still standing marked in bold. Known building dates are bold, otherwise the date is the earliest known date the mill was standing. Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is or the linked Molendatabase or De Hollandsche Molen entry. References {{Dutch Windmills Windmills in Friesland, Lists of windmills in the Netherlands, Friesland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windmill
A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some parts of the English speaking world. The term wind engine is sometimes used to describe such devices. Windmills were used throughout the 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 Dutch culture, there are approximately 1,000 windmills in the Netherlands today. Forerunners Wind-powered machines may have been known earlier, but there is no clear evidence of windmills before the 9th century. 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 östli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allingawier
Allingawier is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Friesland. It is about 7 km southwest of the city of Bolsward. Allingawier is a ''terp'' village, on an artificial dwelling mound. It had a population of around 80 in January 2017. History The village was first mentioned around 1275 as Alingwere, and means "settlement of the people of Ale (person)". Allingawier was a ''terp'' (artificial living hill) village which was located on a ridge between lakes and pools. It was originally a fishing village. Allingawiere already had a church before 1000. In 1634, the church was replaced by a chapel with a new tower. In 1839, after the Doleantie (schism in the Dutch Reformed Church), the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, Reformed community built a little church which now serves as visitor centre for the Aldfaers Erf Route. Allingawier was home to 114 people in 1840. Between 1876 and 1879, the lakes Makkumermeer and Parregastermeer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjasker Bolsward 03
The tjasker (West Frisian: , German: ) is a small type of windmill used solely for drainage purposes. It is distinctive for its simple construction, featuring only a single inclined shaft that carries the sails on one end and an Archimedes' screw on the other, in this way avoiding the need for any gearing. The tjasker is commonly known as a typical Frisian windmill though it is also found in other Dutch provinces and in north Germany. History The tjasker seems to have been developed somewhere towards the end of the 16th century, though there is no conclusive date for its invention. The total number of tjaskers at their peak is also unclear. The mills were used to drain small plots of land but also found their use at peat digging sites as they could be easily moved. Millwright R.W. Dijksma of Giethoorn was well known for his tjasker building. He constructed 400 to 500 tjaskers between 1910 and 1945, though these numbers include hand powered Archimedes' screws. In the first half of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolsward
Bolsward (, West Frisian: ''Boalsert'') is a city in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Bolsward has a population of just under 10,200. It is located 10 km W.N.W. of Sneek. History The town is founded on three artificial dwelling mounds, the first of which was built some time before Christ. During the Middle Ages, Bolsward was a trade center and port city connected to the North Sea via the Middle Sea. This connection was lost when the Middle Sea was reclaimed to form arable land. After this, a canal was dug to the Zuiderzee. The town is first mentioned in AD 725. As a trading city, Bolsward was granted city rights by Philip the Good in 1455. Bolsward was made a member of the Hanseatic league in 1422. Before being merged into the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, the town of Bolsward was an independent municipality. Notable historical figures Notable historical figures born here include: * Juw Juwinga or Jonghema (14th century), 11th p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blesdijke
Blesdijke ( fry, Blesdike) is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 460 in 2008. History The village was first mentioned in 1350 as Blesdic, and means dike at a bare spot. Blesdijke developed in late middle ages on the road from Oldemarkt to Noordwolde. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1843 and has a wooden tower. The building is a replacement for a church which collapsed in 1836. Blesdijke was home to 393 people in 1840. Castle Old Stoutenburght is a folly In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings. Eighteenth-cent ... which pretends to be a medieval castle. As of 2021, the castle has four towers and is about tall. Gallery File:Blesdijke..jpg, Street view File:Kasteel Old Stoutenburght van Gregorius Halman. Blesd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baaium
Baaium ( nl, Baijum) is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is in the municipality Waadhoeke, about 15 km southwest of the city of Leeuwarden. Baaium had a population of around 118 in January 2017. - Littenseradiel History The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Baym, and means "settlement of the people of Bado or Beie". In 1186, a priory of the Premonstratensian was founded as St. Michael's Mountain, but became colloquially known as Monniken-Bajum (Monks-Bajum). The monastery was destroyed in 1592. A church was built in the late-12th century. The ch ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjasker Augustinusga
The tjasker (West Frisian: , German: ) is a small type of windmill used solely for drainage purposes. It is distinctive for its simple construction, featuring only a single inclined shaft that carries the sails on one end and an Archimedes' screw on the other, in this way avoiding the need for any gearing. The tjasker is commonly known as a typical Frisian windmill though it is also found in other Dutch provinces and in north Germany. History The tjasker seems to have been developed somewhere towards the end of the 16th century, though there is no conclusive date for its invention. The total number of tjaskers at their peak is also unclear. The mills were used to drain small plots of land but also found their use at peat digging sites as they could be easily moved. Millwright R.W. Dijksma of Giethoorn was well known for his tjasker building. He constructed 400 to 500 tjaskers between 1910 and 1945, though these numbers include hand powered Archimedes' screws. In the first half of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustinusga
Augustinusga () is a village in the municipality of Achtkarspelen, Friesland province, The Netherlands. Augustinusga lies in the eastern part of the province of Friesland, 10 km north of Drachten. As of 2017, it had a population of 1233. History The village was first mentioned around 1240 as "parrochia beati Augustini", and means "village of Augustine of Hippo". Augustinusga is a road village which developed on the intersection of the roads from Buitenpost to Drachten and Surhuizum. In 1240, Gerke Harkema from Augustinusga founded the village of Gerkesklooster Gerkesklooster ( fry, Gerkeskleaster) is a village in Achtkarspelen in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It forms, together with Stroobos, the double village Gerkesklooster-Stroobos. The double village had a population of around 1144 in .... In 1242, Huwe Harkema, his brother, founded . The Protestant church of Augustinusga was built in the 15th century and has a 13th century tower which is slight det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Eendracht, Anjum
De Eendracht (; English: '' The Unity'') is a smock mill in Anjum, Friesland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 31556. (Click on ''Technische gegevens'' to view.) History The first mill on this site was a horse mill, ''De Gortmolen van Bakker Lambert'' (English: ''Baker Lambert's barley mill''), which was in existence by 1500. Circa 1760, this was replaced by a smock mill. On 24 May 1889 this mill was struck by lightning and burnt down. (Click on ''Geschiedenis'' to view.) The replacement mill, ''De Eendracht'', was built by millwright G R van Wieren of Janum, for miller Doeke Turkstra. Parts from a demolished oil mill were incorporated into the new mill, as were parts from the saw mill ''De Haan'' (English: '' The Cockerel''), which had also been demolished. Both these mills had stood in Leeuwarden. Auxiliary power was provided by a Kromhout Type ER III hot bulb diesel engine. The mill was working commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjum
Eanjum is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is located in the municipality Noardeast-Fryslân and had, as of January 2017, a population of 1136. History The village was first mentioned in 944 as Anigheim, and means "settlement of the people of Ane". Eanjum was a '' terp'' (artificial living mound) with a radial structure which probably dated several centuries Before Christ. Until the 15th century, it was the seat of the ''grietenij'' (predecessor of a municipality). The Dutch Reformed church has 12th century elements and was enlarged in the 13th and 15th century. In 1681, the tower collapsed during a storm and destroyed the roof, and was rebuilt in 1684. In 1516, a flood destroyed most of the village. The All Saints' Flood of 1570 claimed 1,801 victims in the Dongeradeel ''grietenij''. The Holdinga State was a castle which was first mentioned in 1511. Wilcke van Holdinga, the owner during the Dutch Revolt fled to Emden and when he returned in 1595, he ordered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
