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De Groene Molen

De Groene Molen is a hollow post mill in , , which was built c. 1800. The mill has been restored so that it can turn by wind. It is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 18208.
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  • Type: Windmill
  • Description: windmill in Joure, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “De Groene Molen, Joure”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Herema State and Museum Joure.

Public building
Photo: JohanW82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a public building, which is situated 480 metres southeast of De Groene Molen.

Museum
Photo: Swarte Kees, Public domain.
is situated 1 km southeast of De Groene Molen.

Windmill
Photo: Blacknight, Public domain.
Penninga's Molen or De Jonge Wester is a smock mill in , , which was built in 1900 and is working for trade. It is also used as a training mill. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 20842. is situated 750 metres east of De Groene Molen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broek and Snikzwaag.

Village
Photo: Blaman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 190 in 2017.

Village
Photo: Blacknight, Public domain.
is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 65 in 2017.

Town
Photo: BlackNight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in the north of the Netherlands. It is the administrative center of , . With 13,090 inhabitants, it is also the most populous town in the municipality.

De Groene Molen

Latitude
52.97384° or 52° 58′ 26″ north
Longitude
5.7863° or 5° 47′ 11″ east
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
Open location code
9F47XQFP+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 524750756
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­windmill
Geo­Names ID
6949788
Wiki­data ID
Q3917198
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Western Frisian—“De Groene Molen” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “De Groene Molen”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 18208”
  • Polish: “De Groene Molen”
  • Western Frisian: “De Griene Mole”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “De Groene Molen”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.