De Verrekijker, Bergharen

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De Verrekijker, Bergharen

Bergharen (Wijchen) Rijksmonument 9303 Molen op Kapelberg.JPG

The mill in September 2010
Origin
Mill name De Verrekijker
Mill location Molenweg 53, 6617 BC, Bergharen
Coordinates 51°51′20″N5°40′30″E / 51.85556°N 5.67500°E / 51.85556; 5.67500 Coordinates: 51°51′20″N5°40′30″E / 51.85556°N 5.67500°E / 51.85556; 5.67500
Operator(s) Private
Year built 1904
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
Storeys Three storeys
No. of sails Four sails
Type of sails Common sails
Windshaft cast iron
Winding Tailpole and winch

De Verrekijker (English: The Spyglass) is a tower mill in Bergharen, Gelderland, Netherlands which was built in 1904 and has been converted to a holiday cottage. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument.

Bergharen Place in Gelderland, Netherlands

Bergharen is a village in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Wijchen. It was a separate municipality until 1984. There is a windmill, De Verrekijker, which has been converted to a holiday cottage.

Gelderland Province of the Netherlands

Gelderland is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. With a land area of nearly 5,000 km2, it is the largest province of the Netherlands and shares borders with six other provinces and Germany.

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

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History

There was a post mill on this site in 1313, when it was sold to the Cistercians of Alten Camp, near Xanten (now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). A post mill was struck by lightning and destroyed on 31 December 1486. It was replaced by a new mill. [1] The mill immediately preceding the current mill was a post mill that was struck by lightning in 1903 and destroyed, [2] but not by fire; the damage done rendered the mill beyond repair. [1]

Post mill earliest type of European windmill

The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. Its defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.

Cistercians Catholic religious order

The Cistercians, officially the Order of Cistercians, are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. They are also known as Bernardines, after the highly influential St. Bernard of Clairvaux ; or as White Monks, in reference to the colour of the "cuccula" or white choir robe worn by the Cistercians over their habits, as opposed to the black cuccula worn by Benedictine monks.

Xanten Place in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Xanten is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel.

De Verrekijker was built in 1904 by millwright Willem Coppes of Bergharen. In 1962, the mill was stripped of its machinery and converted to a holiday cottage. The mill can turn in the wind. It is listed as a Rijksmonument, № 9303. [1]

A millwright is a high-precision craftsman or skilled tradesperson who installs, dismantles, repairs, reassembles, and moves machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.

Holiday cottage niche in the real estate market

A holiday cottage, holiday home, or vacation property is accommodation used for holiday vacations, corporate travel, and temporary housing often for less than 30 days. Such properties are typically small homes, such as cottages, that travelers can rent and enjoy as if it were their own home for the duration of their stay. The properties may be owned by those using them for a vacation, in which case the term second home applies; or may be rented out to holidaymakers through an agency.

Rijksmonument national heritage site of the Netherlands

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.

Description

De Verrekijker is what the Dutch call a "Beltmolen". It is a three storey tower mill built on a mound. [1] The cap is covered n dakleer. [3] Winding is by tailpole and winch. The sails are Common sails, which have a span of 25.10 metres (82 ft 4 in). They are carried on a cast iron windshaft which was cast by Merckx in 1897. The windshaft also carries the brake wheel, which has 86 cogs. No other machinery remains. [1]

Cast iron iron or a ferrous alloy which has been liquefied then poured into a mould to solidify

Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content greater than 2%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively low melting temperature. The alloy constituents affect its colour when fractured: white cast iron has carbide impurities which allow cracks to pass straight through, grey cast iron has graphite flakes which deflect a passing crack and initiate countless new cracks as the material breaks, and ductile cast iron has spherical graphite "nodules" which stop the crack from further progressing.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bergharen, Gelderland" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "De Verrekijker 2e voorganger, Bergharen" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Stenvert, Ronald. "Bergharen (gemeente Wijchen)" (in Dutch). Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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