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The Kinderdijk windmills are a group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Most of the mills are part of the village of Kinderdijk in the municipality of Molenlanden , and one mill, De Blokker , is part of the municipality of Alblasserdam .
Kinderdijk is situated in the Alblasserwaard polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites.
The site was originally listed as the Defence Line of Amsterdam in 1996. In 2021, it was expanded to include defence structures at a total of 9 locations and renamed as the Dutch Water Defence Lines. [9] [10] Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout: Alblasserdam and Nieuw-Lekkerland, South Holland: 1997 818; i, ii, iv (cultural)
Nederwaard Molen No.1 is one of the Kinderdijk windmills, in the Dutch municipality of Molenlanden. [1] The mill, which dates from 1738, is inhabited and cannot be visited. The owner is the Kinderdijk World Heritage Foundation. The mill has an iron paddle wheel with a diameter of 6.30 meters with which the low basin of the Nederwaard is drained ...
Several Dutch villages are known for their concentration of windmills, including Kinderdijk, Zaanse Schans, and Schiedam, home to the tallest windmill in the world. Tjaskers, a kind of windmill native to Friesland, were also used for water management. This list of windmills in the Netherlands is grouped by province. Types of Dutch windmills ...
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Windmills at Kinderdijk in the northwest of the Alblasserwaard. The Alblasserwaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlblɑsərˌʋaːrt]) is a polder in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is mainly known for the windmills of Kinderdijk, located near the village of Kinderdijk in the polder's northwestern part.
Molendatabase (in Dutch) Kinderdijk: Nederwaard Molen Nummer 1: Grondzeiler: 1738 Molendatabase (in Dutch) Kinderdijk Nederwaard Molen Nummer 2: Grondzeiler: 1738 Molendatabase (in Dutch) Kinderdijk Nederwaard Molen Nummer 3: Grondzeiler: 1738 Molendatabase (in Dutch) Kinderdijk Nederwaard Molen Nummer 4: Grondzeiler: 1738 Molendatabase (in ...