De Gooyer
De Gooyer is a smock mill in Wolvega, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1916. It has been restored to working order. It is listed as a Rijksmonument.Photo: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: windmill in Wolvega, Netherlands
- Also known as: “De Gooijer” and “De Gooyer, Wolvega”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oudheidkamer Weststellingwerf and Wolvega railway station.
Oudheidkamer Weststellingwerf
Museum
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oudheidkamer Weststellingwerf is a museum, which is situated 2½ km northwest of De Gooyer.
Wolvega railway station
Railway station
Wolvega is a railway station in Wolvega, Netherlands. The station opened on 15 January 1868 and is on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Wolvega railway station is situated 3 km north of De Gooyer.
De Mars
Windmill
Photo: Willemjans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
De Mars is a smock mill in De Blesse, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1997 on the base of an earlier mill. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 527616. De Mars is situated 2 km southeast of De Gooyer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include De Blesse and Peperga.
De Blesse
Village
Photo: Willemjans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
De Blesse is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 800 in 2017. Its windmill, De Mars, was rebuilt in 1997. Before 1956, the village was called Blesse.
Peperga
Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peperga is a small village in Weststellingwerf in the province Friesland of the Netherlands. As of 2017, it has a population of 85 people, living in approximately 35 houses, and is characterized by detached houses, several businesses and a church.
Wolvega
Town
Photo: Martijnvanvulpen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wolvega, is the capital and largest town in the municipality of Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 13,090 in 2021. Wolvega is situated 2½ km northwest of De Gooyer.
De Gooyer
- Categories: windmill, grondzeiler, building, and industry
- Location: Weststellingwerf Municipality, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.85619° or 52° 51′ 22″ northLongitude
6.01953° or 6° 1′ 10″ eastElevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Inception
1900Open location code
9F48V249+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 529137119OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=windmill
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Frisian—“De Gooyer” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “De Gooijer”
- Dutch: “De Gooyer”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 38882”
- French: “De Gooijer”
- Western Frisian: “De Gooyer”
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