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This is a picture from the inside of windmill De Kat, you can see the giant wooden toothed wheel.
Windmill Society the Vereniging de Zaansche Molen
The preservation and conservation of the remaining windmills in the Zaanstreek is unquestionably the success of the Zaansche Windmill Society founded in 1925 by teacher and artist Frans Mars. He foresaw that due to the steam age windmills would loose their economic importance, would disappear from the area and an important element of Zaanse culture would be lost forever. The society’s first objective was to establish the Windmill Museum in 1928 and thereafter has gone from one success to another. At present the thriving society has commissioned the re-building of saw mill Het Jonge Schaap to become the sixth operational windmill at the Zaanse Schans.
Updated Jan 4, 2005
Website: http://www.zaansemolen.nl/
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Here is the windmill De Kat, it is a working windmill you kan visit and look how they make paint.
Processing raw materials to make pigments
In 1646 paint windmill 'De Kat' was built at its present day site on the Zaan, later to become part of the Zaanse Schans. In 1782 the mill was destroyed by fire but was rapidly rebuilt again. At the beginning of the 1900’s, when windmills were being replaced by steam engines, the mill was demolished to the height of the platform. In 1960 the eight-sided paint mill 'De Duinjager' was removed from its former position owing to urban development and placed on top of the old storehouse of 'De Kat'. The mill is once again grinding raw materials such as chalk to make pigments for paints in the traditional time-honoured way.
Updated Jan 4, 2005
Website: http://www.zaanseschans.nl/EN.html
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Although Zaandam has more things to see the most famous attraction is without doubt the Zaans Schans. A living and working area that serves as a kind of open airmuseum.
You can see how life was here 100 years ago. There are windmills, a clogmaker, a cheesfarm and more.
We made a page for the Zaanse Schans.
Written Mar 26, 2004
Website: http://www.zaanseschans.nl
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Ik ben de bleeke dood.
Ik ben het einde van het leven.
Een ieder zij tot mij bereid
Door volop arbeid hier te geven.
Weet dat ik werk te allen tijd
1656..................................1956
I am the pale death.
I am the end of life.
Everybody be prepared for me
By working here
Know that i always work.
Written Mar 23, 2004
Address: Lage dijk, Zaandijk
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De Bleke Dood, the white death, is a flour mill from 1656.
Untill the 19th century bakers had to mill there grain to flour here. When this law was lifted the windmill was no longer used and it was abandonned. in the 1950's a plan was developped to save the windmill and in 1954 restoration started.
The windmill can be visited from 14.00 -17.00.
Written Mar 23, 2004
Address: Lagedijk, Zaandijk
Website: http://www.zaansemolen.nl
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De Schoolmeester is a papermill. Papermills once were very important as they produced quality paper. It is said that the Declaration of Indepence of the USA is written on paper from the Zaan area.
The first papermills in the area were there in 1605, they produced gray paper and cardboard. The white paper came later.
De Schoolmeester was built in 1692 and still produces cardboard. It is the only still working papermill in the world.
The principal of papermaking is milling textile waste making it into a slurry and then dry it. The drying is done in the long warehouse.
The windmill can be visited:
workingdays 10.00 - 16.00
closed on sundays and public holidays.
Updated Mar 23, 2004
Address: Guispad, Westzaan
Phone: 075-621 44 65
Website: http://www.zaansemolen.nl
this museum is a historic museum with all kind of old stuff like paintings, boats (small)
it is a mixture. i think also nice for childern.
tuesday - saturday 10.00 – 17.00
sunday 12.00 – 17.00
monday on request
first christmasday and newyearsday closed
adults € 4,50
groups > 15 persons € 3,40
childern 4 t/m 12 jaar (sunday free) € 2,70
childern till 4 year free
CJP/65+ € 2,70
Combicard with Honig Breethuis
or Czaar Peterhuisje € 5,80
Written Mar 12, 2004
Address: Schansend 7, 1509 AW Zaandam
Phone: +31-(0)75 - 6162862
Website: http://www.zaansmuseum.nl/
on 7 march it was the first time i went to the zaanse schans.
josé is born in zaandam so he has been there more times also with spanish family. they had old dutch costums on on a picture.
but now you cannot take this kind of pictures anymore the shop doesnot excist anymore.
the zaanse schans is about 15 miles from amsterdam.
zaandam about 12 miles.
http://www.zaaninfo.com/eng/index.htm
see also at places zaanse schans
Written Mar 12, 2004
Address: Schansend 1,1509 BT Zaandam
Phone: +31-(0)75 - 6168218
Website: www.zaanseschans.nl
it is a tradition to put a sign on a windmill
Ik ben de bleeke dood.
Ik ben het einde van het leven.
Een ieder zij tot mij bereid
Door volop arbeid hier te geven.
Weet dat ik werk te allen tijd
1656,1956
i will try to translate this sorry for mistakes
i am a the pale death
i am the end of the live
sorry free translation
everybody who wants to work
through give work here
knows that i work all times
if someone knows the good translation let me know
Written Mar 11, 2004
Address: Lagedijk. 28
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The picturesque village of Zaanse Schans is situated near Zaadam. The village, which stands along the banks of the river Zaan, is an exact reproduction of the typical landscape of the polders of North Holland. The small rural centre consists of green-painted wooden houses and windmills dating back to the early centuries. From the carpark leading to this open-air museum, Visitors walk along the only street in the village discovering, along the way, various buildings housing small collections of local art and various types of craft and manufacturing activities. The seven mills built here are very interesting and some of them are still in working order: the De Hadel Mill, originally from Midwoud, the mill for producing De Huisman mustard, the De Gekroonde Poelenburg sawmill, the mill for manufacturing colors De Kat, the De Zoeker and De Bonte Hen oil mills and the De Windhond mill.
Updated Jan 13, 2003
Address: Schansend 11509AW Zaandam
Phone: Tel: +31 75 6168218
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