De Zwaluw, Hasselt

De Zwaluw (English: The Swallow) is a smock mill in Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands which is run by volunteers every Saturday.

De Zwaluw, Hasselt
De Zwaluw,
Origin
Mill nameDe Zwaluw
Mill locationStenendijk 7, 8061 HP Hasselt
Coordinates52°35′13.3″N 6°5′49.05″E
Operator(s)Stichting tot Behoud van Korenmolen De Zwaluw te Hasselt
Year built1784/1857
Information
PurposeCorn mill
TypeSmock mill
StoreysTwo-storey smock
Base storeysFive-storey base
Smock sidesEight sides
No. of sailsFour sails
Type of sailsPatent sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingTailpole and winch
No. of pairs of millstonesone pair

History

The mill was built in 1784 just outside the citywalls of Hasselt.

  • In the end of December they will blow an old wooden horn the so-called "midwinterboorn"
  • Blowing the midwinterhoorn
  • Musicians of the group MidwinterhoornBloasgroep "Kop van Overiessel"
  • MidwinterhoornBloasgroep "Kop van Overiessel"
  • Mill stones has to be repaired
  • Sunset nearby Hasselt
  • Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (Overijssel)
  • Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (Overijssel) - Early spring.
  • Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands)
  • Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands) - Winter
  • Zwaluw in moonlight
  • Mill near the river Het Zwartewater.
  • Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands)
  • Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands) - an old picture around 1930.

52°35′13.3″N 6°5′49.05″E


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