ThE LanD of WinDmiLLs

AN OLD WINDMILL

A MODERN WINDMILL

The Netherlands is known of its windmills and that's why it is associated with the name,THE LAND OF WINDMILLS

The windmills were developed for:

generating electricity
grinding of grain
milling corn
land drainage
saw milling

I don't know if many of you know that the Netherlands is below sea level.
The drainage mills keep the land behind the dikes free of surplus water thereby creating "polders" (reclaimed land). These mills are still working in some of the older polders. They are driven by catching the wind in their sails which in turn begins the millstones.There are approximately 975 windmills left and can be found dispersed throughout 12 provinces, with the majority residing in South Holland.
The history of the windmills is preserved in six special windmill museums located throughout the Netherlands.

De Valk Windmill Museum in Leiden,
Dutch Open Air Museum in Arnhem
Nieuw-Vossemeer in the province Noord Brabant,
Vijfhuizen near Heemstede,
Koogaan de Zaan,
Schermerhorn.

"WINDMILL IS ONE OF THE NETHERLANDS NATIONAL PRIDE"