Round Twello

The ancient area around Twello has been permanently inhabited since 1000-500 BC. Several excavations of worked flint have been made in the area that support this assumption. The village of Twello has more than 13,500 inhabitants in 2013 and it is a beautiful place, where richer people from Deventer built their villas. They earned their wealth from the flourishing trade and industry. The area radiates opulence and tranquility and there is a lot of greenery in the Nijenbeker Klei and the Rammelwaard. The natural environment has been shaped by the action of the IJssel and in the floodplain you will find old beds with meander ridges and channels that cross the area. A great diversity of plants can be found in the open and wide floodplain, due to height differences with low rifts and high levees. Golden primrose is one of the beautiful flowers that you recognize among the greenery and the Nijenbeker Clay is an important wintering area for various species of water birds and geese. Once you have parked your car in the free parking lot, set course for De Hoop mill. The original mill was built in 1850. Over time, the mill did not catch enough wind due to surrounding trees and buildings. Therefore it was demolished in 1905. The current, higher tower mill was built in the same year. The mill is still used to grind grain, although this only happens to a limited extent. In this way, decay is prevented in a useful way. Auberge't Hartelaer (\\\'t Hartelaar) is located on the estate of the same name near Twello. It was built around the fourteenth century. In the Middle Ages the building functioned as a storage place for grains. Later the house was expanded and the landlord's room was added. In 1976, the stately building was restored and made suitable for habitation.  If you cycle further, you will come to a stately mansion. Huize't Holthuis was built at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The two-storey mansion is adorned with a wrap-around hipped roof with corner chimneys on which wind hoods and profiled wooden cornices are fitted. Striking are the wide central risalite, the door frame with Ionic pilasters and the windows with eight- and nine-pane sash windows, which give the house its stately allure. In the Hanseatic city of Deventer you will pass the Bolwerksmolen, a sawmill from 1863 with a wooden octagon. The mill has three saw frames and stands on a square substructure, in which a saw shed has been built. There is also a museum with the same name, where those interested can take a look at the Bolwerksmolen. Finally you come to the Wilpermolen, a tower mill built in 1736 that was used as a flour mill. The Wilpermolen burned down before 1766, which resulted in a repair in 1766. After this, the mill operated for a long time, until it had to undergo another restoration in 1975. An electrically driven pair of grinding stones was installed. In 1991 the mill underwent another major restoration. In 2013, animal feed is still milled there and the mill can be visited weekly on Saturdays.