De Dikke Molen
De Dikke Molen is a windmill in Alphen aan den Rijn, Groene Hart, South Holland which is located on Kortsteekterweg. De Dikke Molen is situated nearby to the village Zwammerdam, as well as near the church Nederlands Hervormde Kerk.Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Windmill
- Description: windmill in Zwammerdam, Netherlands
- Address: Kortsteekterweg 2, Alphen aan den Rijn, 2407AG
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nigrum Pullum and Nederlands Hervormde Kerk.
Nigrum Pullum
Archaeological site
Nigrum Pullum is an archaeological site, which is situated 800 metres southwest of De Dikke Molen.
Nederlands Hervormde Kerk
Church
Photo: Arch, Public domain.
Nederlands Hervormde Kerk is a church, which is situated 640 metres southeast of De Dikke Molen.
Inverted siphon
A siphon is any of a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes. In a narrower sense, the word refers particularly to a tube in an inverted "U" shape, which causes a liquid to flow upward, above the surface of a reservoir, with… Inverted siphon is situated 1½ km north of De Dikke Molen.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zwammerdam and Aarlanderveen.
Zwammerdam
Village
Photo: Arch, Public domain.
Zwammerdam is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland along Oude Rijn river. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, and lies about 6 km southeast of Alphen aan de Rijn.
Aarlanderveen
Village
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Aarlanderveen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, and lies about 4 km east of Alphen aan den Rijn. Aarlanderveen is situated 3½ km north of De Dikke Molen.
Bodegraven
Town
Photo: P.H. Louw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bodegraven is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers an area of 38.50 km2 of which 1.02 km2 is water. Bodegraven is situated 3½ km southeast of De Dikke Molen.
De Dikke Molen
- Categories: grondzeiler and industry
- Location: Alphen aan den Rijn, Groene Hart, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.11047° or 52° 6′ 38″ northLongitude
4.72349° or 4° 43′ 25″ eastElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
9F464P6F+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 442296695OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=windmill
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“De Dikke Molen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “De Dikke Molen”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 7534”
- French: “De Dikke Molen”
- German: “De Dikke Molen”
- Spanish: “De Dikke Molen”
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