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Molen van Buursink – English

Molen van Buursink

In the beautiful village of Markelo, there is 5 heuvels in beautiful food with great natural beauty, the state of de Molen van Buursink. It is a korenmolen, built in 1836 on the street as an octagonal stellingmolen. Het passed the Molen van Buursink as zoveel molens aan het begin van de vorige eeuw. Door de komst van olie- en diesel engines and later electric motors will paint the molenaar onafhankelijk van de wind as hij wilde gaan. The stelling and the wieken were never sea-nodig and are slooped. There was a long period of time between the moles and the romp. Op initiatief van burgemeester Van Haarsman Buma en molenaar Schuurman werd de molen  in 1991 grondig gerestaureerd zo heeft men dit stukje agrarische Gescheidis voor het nageslacht kunnen behouden.

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Grinding on the wind

Before he starts grinding, the miller sets the sails to the wind. By turning the wheel he can shift the canopy, which is on rollers, until the blades are perpendicular to the wind. To catch more wind, the miller can stretch sails on the blades. When the brake (the catch) is released, the mill starts to turn. Using a system of wooden gears and shafts, the rotation of the blades is transferred to the upper (the “runner”) of the two large round millstones, which are placed in a wooden tub.

The miller dumps the grain into a “cane” and ends up in the shaking bin. This is moved back and forth by the “stone spindle”, causing the grain to fall between the millstones little by little. The stones have grooves that grind the grain. The distance between the stones determines the fineness of the flour and is continuously checked and adjusted by the miller during milling. The flour is collected in bags in the flour loft.

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Visit the Molen van Buursink

If you would like to know more about how the mill works and what it was like in the past, pay a visit. We are open from Tuesday to Saturday. For precise opening hours, see the Website, among other things. The volunteers will be happy to welcome you and show you around. From the position you can enjoy the view over the village and the surrounding hills. On random days, with sufficient wind, the mill is actually in operation and grinding can be demonstrated.

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Mill shop

There is also a cozy mill shop; There we have baking flour, seeds, honey, mustard, but also the cookies, cake and biscuits baked by the volunteers are very special!

In the Muldershoes coffee, tea or a glass of soft drink is served and there are interesting and fun videos (also for the little ones) and there is historical photo material. When the weather is nice we also have chairs outside.

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Address
Stationsstraat 33
7475AL Markelo
The Netherlands

Website
Molen van Buursink

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De Twickeler Houtzaagmolen – English

De Twickeler Houtzaagmolen

The Twickeler Houtzaagmolen is located close to the road from Delden to Hengelo, just behind the Carelshaven hotel. The mill was built in 1771 by order of Carel George Graaf van Wassenaer Obdam.

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Wind power

Wood has been sawn here for over two hundred years. During that period, various adjustments were made to the machines to ensure that they can always work with the latest techniques. At first they only worked on wind power. If there was no wind, you could see less or no sawing at all. That is why a steam boiler with steam engine was installed in 1881 and the superstructure, including the blades, gradually disappeared. From 1922, the steam drive was replaced by two electric motors. A saw frame was sacrificed to make room for a circular saw. Although the “windmill” has long since disappeared, we still continue to talk about “the mill”. Yet another saw frame had to make way for a horizontal saw machine around 1950.

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Restoration

This sawmill was taken out of operation in 1975 after Twickel built a new sawmill next to it for sawing wood. After a period of decline, a thorough restoration took place in 1988 and 1989 and the Twickeler Houtsawmill was reopened in 1990. The management has been taken over by the “Stichting Beheer Houtzaagmolen Twickel”.

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Enthusiastic volunteer indispensable

A group of enthusiastic volunteers are constantly working to keep the mill in optimal condition and are ready to welcome you and show you around. Wood is no longer sawn on a commercial basis, but we do show how thick trees were sawn into beams and planks here over the course of two hundred years.

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Address
Zaagmolenweg 1
7491BS Delden
The Netherlands

Website
De Twickeler Houtzaagmolen

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The mills in the Hof van Twente have united in molenfietsroute.nl to showcase their mills, strengthen tourism and promote their cultural heritage of mills and the associated crafts.

The Hof van Twente houses the following mills.  De Braakmolen in Goor, Den Haller Watermill in Diepenheim, de Molen van Buursink in Markelo, Noordmolen Twickel in Ambt Delden, the Twickeler Houtzagmolen in Delden, the Oelermolen in Oele and the Eschmolen Delden in Delden. Look in the menu at “Our watermills” and our “Our windmills” for all information about our mills.

If you cycle to the windmills of the Hof van Twente, it is nice if there are windmills open for viewing. Select the image below for an enlarged and sharper view of the overview that you can zoom in on better. Look at the bottom of the Dutch homepage for an overview and select the image voor a better view.

Each mill has its own style and culture, as has been the case for centuries. They are pearls on an island, who join forces while retaining their own identity. At all mills you will receive explanations and demonstrations from the volunteer millers about everything related to the mill, its history and the environment.

Did you know that the miller’s craft has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2017? Choose one of our beautiful cycling routes on these pages and jump on your bike. Be sure to take your children on this adventure, because children are usually amazed by what they see and hear and have the day of their lives. In this way you pass on your cultural heritage to the next generations, because it is not called heritage for nothing.

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With RouteYou you can follow our routes with your mobile phone based on GPS. You can also download the routes in almost any desired format, including sights along the route. As route description in PDF, as junction route description, as GPX, you name it.

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Our cycling routes

Below you will find our three cycling routes. Jump on your bike and visit our windmills.

Route 1: molenfietsroute.nl – Hof van Twente – mills around Delden

On this cycle route through the beautiful Twense landscape you will pass the following mills:

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Route 2: molenfietsroute.nl – Hof van Twente – Diepenheim, Markelo and Goor

On this cycle route through the beautiful Twense landscape you will pass the following mills:

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Route 3: molenfietsroute.nl – Hof van Twente – Connection of mill routes around Delden and Diepenheim

On this cycle route through the beautiful Twense landscape you will pass the following mills:

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More about RouteYou

For complete information about RouteYou, visit www.routeyou.com. If you want to get the most out of it as an avid cyclist, use the app below with a paid account if necessary.

You can also install RouteYou as an app on your mobile. To do this, select the logos below of the Apple Store and the Play Store.

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It is possible to install the RouteYou app on your iPad, but it is the version for the iPhone. The RouteYou app is therefore not suitable for the iPad. Therefore, install the RouteYou PWA app on your iPad, which works fine on it.

 

 

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When are our mills open?

If you cycle to the windmills of the Hof van Twente, it is nice if there are windmills open for viewing. Select the image below for an enlarged and sharper view of the overview that you can zoom in on better. Look at the bottom of the Dutch homepage for an overview and select the image voor a better view.