Hazewind, Gieten
Encyclopedia
Hazewind is a smock mill
in Gieten
, Drenthe
, Netherlands
. It was built in 1833 and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument
, number 16126.
, Gasselte
or Annerveen to be ground. In 1805, two builders from Oosterhesselen
who had been restoring the church at Gieten proposed that a windmill should be built. Although there were many supporters there were also a lot of objectors to the plan. Among the objectors were Messrs Braams, Hiddingh and Grevelink, millers at Eext, Gasselte and Annerveen respectively. Therefore the plan to build a windmill at Gieten was put on ice.
In 1832, Bernier Lucas Homan proposed the erection of a windmill at Bonnen, but then decided that it should be built behind his house in Gieten. The local council insisted that it was erected 20 metres (21.9 yd) away from the public highway because it was considered that horse
s would be frightened and that there was a danger from pieces of the sails being blown off. The mill was completed in 1833. At first, the entrance to the mill was between Homan's house and the Hotel Braams, but the noise from farmers' carts delivering corn early in the morning lead to complaints and a new access to the mill was provided from the Eexterweg.
The mill was worked until 1936. It remained in the Homan family until 1947 when it was sold to E Greving for ƒ4.000. Many visitors to the mill left their graffiti
behind. A restoration was undertaken in 1964 when new sails were fitted. The mill was described by Het Nieusblad van het Noorden in 1965 as "one of the oldest corn mills now standing in Drenthe". It was at this time that it gained the name Hazewind. Other names suggested included d'Olle Wiev'n, Mulders Lust, Liefst Altijd Draaien and Hard Gezwoegd.
A problem arose from development in Gieten. New houses built around the mill and the growth of oak
and lime
trees reduced the amount of wind that was available to drive the mill, even though it was raised on a four storey brick base some 10 metre high. As part of the solution, some of the trees were cut down. A further restoration was carried out in 2004, new sails were fitted.
s via lantern pinion stone nuts with 25 staves each. These millstones are used for grinding wheat. The pearl barley stones are not complete, and the drive for them is missing.
Smock mill
The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...
in Gieten
Gieten
Gieten is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 13 km east of Assen.Gieten was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Aa en Hunze....
, Drenthe
Drenthe
Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. The capital city is Assen. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and Germany to the east.-History:Drenthe, unlike many other parts of the Netherlands, has been a...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It was built in 1833 and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument
Rijksmonument
A rijksmonument is a National Heritage Site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.-History and criteria:...
, number 16126.
History
In the early nineteenth century, farmers in Gieten had to take their corn to EextEext
Eext is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 12 km east of Assen.In 2001, the town of Eext had 819 inhabitants...
, Gasselte
Gasselte
Gasselte is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 16 km east of Assen.Gasselte was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Aa en Hunze....
or Annerveen to be ground. In 1805, two builders from Oosterhesselen
Oosterhesselen
Oosterhesselen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of Coevorden, about 9 km north of the city.Oosterhesselen was a separate municipality between 1819 and 1998, when it was merged with Coevorden....
who had been restoring the church at Gieten proposed that a windmill should be built. Although there were many supporters there were also a lot of objectors to the plan. Among the objectors were Messrs Braams, Hiddingh and Grevelink, millers at Eext, Gasselte and Annerveen respectively. Therefore the plan to build a windmill at Gieten was put on ice.
In 1832, Bernier Lucas Homan proposed the erection of a windmill at Bonnen, but then decided that it should be built behind his house in Gieten. The local council insisted that it was erected 20 metres (21.9 yd) away from the public highway because it was considered that horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
s would be frightened and that there was a danger from pieces of the sails being blown off. The mill was completed in 1833. At first, the entrance to the mill was between Homan's house and the Hotel Braams, but the noise from farmers' carts delivering corn early in the morning lead to complaints and a new access to the mill was provided from the Eexterweg.
The mill was worked until 1936. It remained in the Homan family until 1947 when it was sold to E Greving for ƒ4.000. Many visitors to the mill left their graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
behind. A restoration was undertaken in 1964 when new sails were fitted. The mill was described by Het Nieusblad van het Noorden in 1965 as "one of the oldest corn mills now standing in Drenthe". It was at this time that it gained the name Hazewind. Other names suggested included d'Olle Wiev'n, Mulders Lust, Liefst Altijd Draaien and Hard Gezwoegd.
A problem arose from development in Gieten. New houses built around the mill and the growth of oak
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
and lime
Tilia
Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, and the genus also occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but not western North America...
trees reduced the amount of wind that was available to drive the mill, even though it was raised on a four storey brick base some 10 metre high. As part of the solution, some of the trees were cut down. A further restoration was carried out in 2004, new sails were fitted.
Description
Hazewind is what the Dutch describe as an "achtkante stellingmolen". It is a smock mill with a stage. The mill has a four-storey brick base, with the stage at third floor level, 9.4 metre above ground level. The mill has a three-storey smock which is thatched, as is the cap. The four common sails, which have a span of 22 metre are carried in a cast iron windshaft which was cast by Prins van Oranje, Den Haag in 1895. The windshaft also carries the brake wheel which has 65 cogs. This drives the wallower (35 cogs) at the top of the upright shaft. At the bottom of the upright shaft, the great spur wheel, which has 85 cogs, drives two pairs of French Burr millstoneMillstone
Millstones or mill stones are used in windmills and watermills, including tide mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.The type of stone most suitable for making millstones is a siliceous rock called burrstone , an open-textured, porous but tough, fine-grained sandstone, or a silicified,...
s via lantern pinion stone nuts with 25 staves each. These millstones are used for grinding wheat. The pearl barley stones are not complete, and the drive for them is missing.