Sawmill 'De Gekroonde Poelenburg'
A paltrok mill
Paltrok or post mill 'De Gekroonde Poelenburg', is almost the last of the 200 sawmills that could be found in the Zaanstreek. Paltrok mills are distinctively different to other windmill types. They have a three-sided open work floor, often a dark façade and to turn the sails into the wind the whole body of the mill is rotated with the aid of a great ring of rollers built on a brick base. Other mills have a stationary body and only the cap rotates to turn the sails.
'De Gekroonde Poelenburg' was built in 1869 in Koog aan de Zaan to replace a similar mill that was destroyed to make room for the Amsterdam – Alkmaar railway line. In 1904 it was moved to Zaandam to replace another mill that had burned down and in 1963 was dismantled and moved again to its present location, the Zaanse Schans.
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Contact
Kalverringdijk 27
1509 BT Zaandam
www.zaansemolen.nl
A paltrok mill
Paltrok or post mill 'De Gekroonde Poelenburg', is almost the last of the 200 sawmills that could be found in the Zaanstreek. Paltrok mills are distinctively different to other windmill types. They have a three-sided open work floor, often a dark façade and to turn the sails into the wind the whole body of the mill is rotated with the aid of a great ring of rollers built on a brick base. Other mills have a stationary body and only the cap rotates to turn the sails.
'De Gekroonde Poelenburg' was built in 1869 in Koog aan de Zaan to replace a similar mill that was destroyed to make room for the Amsterdam – Alkmaar railway line. In 1904 it was moved to Zaandam to replace another mill that had burned down and in 1963 was dismantled and moved again to its present location, the Zaanse Schans.
Opening times >
Admission fees >
Contact
Kalverringdijk 27
1509 BT Zaandam
www.zaansemolen.nl
