Ter Heijde, Monster and's-Gravenzande

Westland, South Holland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 133549

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20.9 km
01:13 h
368 kcal
4 m

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Enjoy cycling along the beach, with the salty sea air in your lungs and a breeze blowing through your hair. The beach of Ter Heijde is two kilometers long in total, so you can follow the coastline for a long time. In history, the waves have reclaimed the land on which the village is built four times: in 1470, 1530, 1546 and 1570. Ter Heijde has not only suffered a lot from the sea. The coastal defenses were put in order and new houses were built at the beginning of the twentieth century; almost all old houses were demolished for this purpose. Ten years later (in 1943) the Germans decided that all houses, except for the church and the café, had to make way for the construction of the Atlantic Wall. This was a defense line of bunkers, cannons and minefields that was 2685 kilometers long and ran from Norway to the Spanish border.

Monster also has a special background, although it has little to do with the war. The name of the place probably refers to the Latin word"monasterium\\\", or: monastery. Monster used to be a place of pilgrimage. Namely, the Machutus parish in the village owned a number of relics of Saint Machutus and people came here for healing of epilepsy. Between The Hague and Monster you can see that the Dutch who lived here were prosperous; there are a few nice outdoor places.

Monster also has the Vier Winden windmill. The current round stone flour mill was built in 1882, replacing a wooden mill. The history of that mill goes back to 1311, but it burned down completely. The mill has been restored several times and has been grinding grain on a voluntary basis since 1983. The miller does this with three pairs of grinding stones. One of them is equipped with so-called"blue\\\" bricks; the others with artificial stones.

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