De Bonte Hen is the name of an oil mill, located in the Zaanse Schans

Zaanse Schans

Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk in the municipality ofZaanstad in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It has a collection...

, in the municipality of Zaanstad

Zaanstad

Zaanstad is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.-Population centres:...

. De Bonte Hen is the northernmost of the mill Schans.

The original mill was built in 1693. Until 1935 the mill was preserved in its original state. This year the mill was rebuild. In 1975, the restoration of the mill was accomplished. Since then, the mill weekly on a voluntary basis into service. Among the mill are still the original oil cellars for the storage of oil made at the mill.

See also

• De Kat, Zaandam
  De Kat, Zaandam
  De Kat is the only remaining working windmill in the world which makes paint. The mill is in the Zaanse Schans, Zaanstad.The original mill 'De Kat' was built in 1646 as oil mill. In 1782 the mill was destroyed by fire but the mill was rapidly rebuilt again. The mill was in use until 1904 and then...
  
  
• De Huisman, Zaandam
  De Huisman, Zaandam
  De Huisman is a small octagonal mill at the Zaanse Schans in the Zaanstad, and currently makes mustard.'De Huisman' is located on the Zaanse Schanse since 1955, next to the warehouse 'De Haan'. The mill was probably built in 1786 on the Blue Path in Zaandam. The mill has functioned as a snuff mill...
  
  
• De Os, Zaandam
  De Os, Zaandam
  De Os is an oil windmill in the Zaanse Schans, Zaanstad.Between the saw mills Het Jonge Schaap and Het Klaverblad is the hull of the oil mill De Os. The mill was built in 1663 and is one of the oldest industrial windmills in the Zaan. Until 1916 the mill was operating on wind power. In that year,...
  
  
• De Zoeker, Zaandam
  De Zoeker, Zaandam
  De Zoeker is the name of an oil windmill, located in the Zaanse Schans, Zaanstad. It is the only oil mill still in operation, and is one of five remaining oil mills in the area.De mill was built in 1672 in Zaandijk...
  
  
• De Gekroonde Poelenburg, Zaandam
  De Gekroonde Poelenburg, Zaandam
  De Poelenburg is the name of a saw mill, located in the Zaanse Schans, in the municipality of Zaanstad.The mill has an eventful life behind. The original was probably Poelenburg 1731 built in Zaandam East. After the mill burned in 1903, the Paltrok 'The Locomotion' at the site of the Poelenburg...
  
  

External links

• Een uitgebreid fotoverslag
• Vereniging de Zaansche Molen