De Modderige Bol

De Modderige Bol is a Hollow Post mill in Goëngahuizen, Friesland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 34001.

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Type: Windmill
Description: windmill in Goëngahuizen, Netherlands
Also known as: “De Modderige Bol, Goëngahuizen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include De Jansmolen and Heechhiem.

De Jansmolen

Windmill

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De Jansmolen or De Modden is a Hollow Post mill in Goëngahuizen, Friesland, Netherlands which has been restored as a landscape feature. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 34000. De Jansmolen is situated 130 metres east of De Modderige Bol.

Heechhiem

Windmill

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Heechhiem is a Hollow Post mill in Goëngahuizen, Friesland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 33999. Heechhiem is situated 510 metres west of De Modderige Bol.

Roekmole

Windmill

Photo: Reboelje, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Roekmole is a hollow post mill in nature reserve It Eilân in Goëngahuizen, Friesland, Netherlands. It was moved there from polder Krieke near Aldeboarn and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 35972. Roekmole is situated 1½ km northeast of De Modderige Bol.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grou and Aldeboarn.

Grou

Village

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Grou is a town in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and had around 5655 citizens in January 2017. Since 2014 Grou is part of the municipality of Leeuwarden. Grou is situated 3½ km west of De Modderige Bol.

Aldeboarn

Village

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Aldeboarn is a village in Heerenveen in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1545 in January 2017. Aldeboarn has an iconic church tower. Aldeboarn is situated 4 km south of De Modderige Bol.

Nes

Village

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Nes is a Dutch village in the municipality of Heerenveen, Friesland. It is situated in the northern part of the country. Since the village is close to Akkrum, they usually speak about Akkrum-Nes. Nes is situated 4 km southwest of De Modderige Bol.

De Modderige Bol

Categories: spider’s head mill and industry
Location: Smallingerland Municipality, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

53.08324° or 53° 4′ 60″ north

Longitude

5.88521° or 5° 53′ 7″ east

Elevation

-2 metres (-7 feet)

Inception

1832

Open location code

9F573VMP+73

OpenStreetMap ID

node 524750731

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=windmill

GeoNames ID

6949831

Wikidata ID

Q2585351

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Western Frisian—“De Modderige Bol” goes by many names.

Dutch: “De Modderige Bol”
Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 34001”
Polish: “De Modderige Bol”
Western Frisian: “De Modderige Bol”

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