Oele (in old Dutch also: Eule,

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: ''Eul'') is a village in the

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in the

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province of

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. It is located south-west of Hengelo, south of the

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. The highway A35 and the Provincial road 739, N739 (the road from Hengelo to Beckum and

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) are close to the population centre. Until the establishment of the municipality of Hengelo, Oele was part of the richterambt Delden.

Water Mill ''De Oldemeule''

Since the 14th century, Oele has a

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. The current water mill, ''De Oldemeule'', dates back to 1690. The water mill was owned by Joost Christoffer van Beverforde tot Oldemeule, drost of

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and owner of the

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(a type of fortified house) Oldemeule, which was demolished in 1800. The estate that belonged to the havezate was handed over to Twickel in 1840; the mill was added to this property in 1880. In the past there was also an oil mill, but it was demolished in 1900. During the

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the remaining mill was still in use to process grain, but after the war its use declined. Now the mill is owned by the municipality of Hengelo, which reinstated the mill in 1979. It is open to the public on Sundays during the summer months. During the last couple of years, new millers have been trained to operate the mill.

Piet Mondriaan

Piet Mondriaan Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian (, , ), was a Dutch Painting, painter and Theory of art, art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He w ...

stayed in Oele a number of times, in 1907-1908, with his friend and painter Albert G. Hulshoff Pol (1883-1957). During this period he made some of his famous early works, "De rode wolk" ( The Red Cloud, 1907), and "Het bos bij Oele" (Woods near Oele, 1908).

Gallery

Image:Oldemeule Oele 2.jpg, The same watermill, photographed from the other side File:Albersdijk-Oele.jpg, Street view File:Aanzicht - Hengelo - 20108655 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Oele

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Overijssel Hengelo