De Blokker
De Blokker is a windmill in Alblasserdam Municipality, South Holland. De Blokker is situated nearby to the windmill Overwaard Molen No.4, as well as near Overwaard Molen No.5.Photo: LidiaFourdraine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Windmill
- Description: windmill in Alblasserdam, part of windmills at Kinderdijk, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Blokkerse wip” and “De Blokker windmill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Overwaard Molen No.4 and Overwaard Molen No.5.
Overwaard Molen No.4
Windmill
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Overwaard Molen No.4 is a windmill, which is situated 120 metres north of De Blokker.
Overwaard Molen No.5
Windmill
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Overwaard Molen No.5 is a windmill, which is situated 200 metres northeast of De Blokker.
Overwaard Molen No.3
Windmill
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Overwaard Molen No.3 is a windmill, which is situated 250 metres north of De Blokker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinderdijk and Alblasserdam.
Kinderdijk
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kinderdijk is a village in the Alblasserwaard polder of the Netherlands. It's a popular, yet authentic, tourist destination for its large network of windmills. They received recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Alblasserdam
Village
Photo: Geol76, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Alblasserdam is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It covers an area of 10.06 km2, of which 1.28 km2 is water, and has a population of 20,136 as of 2021.
Krimpen aan de Lek
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Krimpen aan de Lek is a village on the Lek River in the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, province of South Holland, the Netherlands. It had 6,607 inhabitants in 2008.
De Blokker
- Categories: grondzeiler, pyramid pump, building, and industry
- Location: Alblasserdam Municipality, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.87842° or 51° 52′ 42″ northLongitude
4.64649° or 4° 38′ 47″ eastElevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Inception
2010Open location code
9F36VJHW+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 281930998OpenStreetMap feature
building=windmillOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=windmill
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vietnamese—“De Blokker” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Blokweerse Molen”
- Dutch: “De Blokker”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 7091”
- French: “De Blokker”
- German: “De Blokker”
- Spanish: “De Blokker”
- Vietnamese: “De Blokker”
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