South Beveland with Kapelle, Wemeldinge and Yerseke

Reimerswaal, Zeeland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 115815

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46.3 km
02:43 h
816 kcal
2 m

Description

A lovely, attractive landscape full of winding creeks with sloping banks and beautiful reed beds. In the swampy, rural area you cycle past characteristic farms and through fields and orchards. So no wild nature in Zuid-Beveland, but neatly landscaped polders with tight arable lands that are used for agriculture and fruit growing. On the peninsula between the Oosterschelde and Westerschelde, the battle of the rising waters has been won and the fertile land is gratefully cultivated. In the third and fourth centuries, this part of Zeeland did not yet exist and the area was under water, but from the Middle Ages the area was gradually reclaimed and the population living there can make an excellent living from agriculture and fishing. In 1530 during the St. Felix flood and in 1570 during the All Saints flood, the water reclaimed a large part of the land, but the most famous flood in Dutch history is undoubtedly the flood disaster of 1953. The eastern part of South Beveland was flooded. to stand. The peninsula has benefited greatly from the construction of the Delta Works, which opened up Central Zeeland better for the rest of the Netherlands. From the parking lot, where you can park your car for free, you cycle past beautiful windmills. You will come across the first one after twenty kilometres: windmill De Hoop is located in Wemeldinge. Corn mill De Hoop was built in 1866 by a miller's servant who worked on the predecessor of the other mill in the village (Aeolus). The mill was in operation until 1968. Then plans were made to convert the mill into a home, but these plans also disappeared from the table. Today, the white round stone mill with two pairs of grinding stones still grinds grain on a voluntary basis. The aforementioned Aeolus is a corn and hulling mill that was built in 1869. This tower mill was the answer to the construction of De Hoop and, in order to surpass this mill, it is higher and larger than that mill. The mill therefore has three pairs of grinding stones and a peeling stone. The rods are the oldest rods still in use in the Netherlands and date from 1871. The mill is named after a Greek wind god and it is therefore not difficult to guess that the mill derived its power to turn and grind from this element. Today, the Aeolus is occasionally put into operation by a volunteer miller. The third and last windmill that you can see during your bike ride is the Oude Molen in Kruiningen. This flour mill was built in 1801 and continued to grind corn on wind power until 1953. In the second half of the twentieth century, the mill was extensively restored twice, after the municipality bought the ground sailer in 1959. In 2001, the complete mill was moved a bit, so that it could catch some better wind again. A voluntary miller regularly puts the mill, which is equipped with two pairs of grinding stones, into operation.
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Directions

# Description Distance
Parkeerplaats (Politie, 4417, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
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85 (4417NB, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, The Netherlands) 0.21 km
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85 (Kanaalweg, 4417PA, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, The Netherlands) 0.33 km
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85 (4417ES, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, The Netherlands) 0.60 km
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88 (4417DG, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, The Netherlands) 1.38 km
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85 (4417ES, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, The Netherlands) 2.12 km

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