Wolphaartsdijk

Wolphaartsdijk is a village of the common of Goes, in the province Dutchwoman of Zealand. It is not far from the hamlet Oud-Sabbinge. The village counted: 2190 inhabitants in 2004. The village was called initially Oostkerke, then was renamed name of the old island on which it is.

The mill De Hoop

The mill De Hoop is a mill with corn located on the Molendijk , with the periphery of Wolphaartsdijk. It is a round mill with gallery, out of brick, the covered roof of tarpaulin and having a scale of 22 meters. It goes back to 1808. It is a characteristic mill located on a Digue.

At the time of its construction, it was a mill of the type grondzeiler : the wings could be reached since the ground. After a conflict about the rights of wind and the demolition of the trees of a wood, the owner of then raised in 1894 the mill of 10,5 meter, transforming it into mill with gallery. Following a fire in 1993, the roof was remade and the tower was again raised of 70 cm. These interventions give to the De Hoop its single appearance.

Sources

External bonds

Wolphaartsdijk Online
the mill '' De Hoop '' on www.molendatabase.nl

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