De Wicher, Kalenberg

De Wicher

Spinnenkop De Wicher
Origin
Mill name Spinnenkop Wedderveer
Mill location Hoogeweg, Kalenberg
Operator(s) Staatsbosbeheer
Year built 1982
Information
Purpose Drainage mill
Type Hollow post
Roundhouse storeys Single storey roundhouse
Number of sails Four sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Windshaft Cast iron
Winding Tailpole and winch
Type of pump Archimedes' screw

De Wicher is a drainage mill near the village of Kalenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands. It is a hollow post windmill of the type called spinnenkop by the Dutch. The mill is in working order and used to drain the reed beds during winter to improve accessibility for reed cutters.[1][2]

History

The predecessor of the current mill was the last windmill in the current De Weerribben-Wieden National Park. It was dismantled in 1942. By 1980 a foundation called Vrienden van de Weerribben got the idea of rebuilding this mill. The idea was taken up by Staatsbosbeheer (English: State Forest Management) and by 1982 the construction of the new mill was finished.[2]

Description

For an explanation of the various items of machinery, see Mill machinery.

De Wicher is wat the Dutch describe as a spinnenkop (English: spiderhead mill). It is a small hollow post mill winded by a winch. The mill has common sails. The wooden stocks has a span of 13 metres (42 ft 8 in) and 12.65 metres (41 ft 6 in). The stocks and brake wheel are carried on the windshaft and drive the wallower at the top of the upright shaft in the body (called head on a spinnenkop), which passed through the main post into the substructure. At the bottom of the upright shaft is the crown wheel which drives the wooden Archimedes' screw. The body (called head on a spinnenkop) is weatherboarded while the substructure is thatched and rests on a brick base.[1]

Public access

The mill is open to the public on Wednesday afternoons during the summer season and on appointment.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Molenbestand: De Wicher te Kalenberg" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ossenzijl, Overijssel" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Molendatabase. Retrieved 2012-07-25.

Coordinates: 52°47′08″N 5°58′41″E / 52.785509°N 5.97809°E / 52.785509; 5.97809

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