Kollum, Anjum and Zoutkamp

Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 135860

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59.7 km
03:30 h
1051 kcal
4 m

Description

Lauwersmeer National Park is a vast landscape, where many different, sometimes rare animals and plants live. Many birds come to rest on and around the water, from geese, ducks and barbies to meadow birds that build their nests further inland.

Marnewaard is the eastern part of the Lauwersmeer area, which became dry after the closure in 1969. The area, which is largely used by the Ministry of Defense as a training area, consists of former sand flats and has been transformed into a very diverse area. The military training village of Marnehuizen is located there, but a smaller part is also used as a nature reserve. Parts that used to be salt marshes have been converted into agricultural land.

Windmill Eendracht in Anjum is the first stop. The tower mill from 1889 was built with an octagonal upper porter. The mill was used as a corn and hulling mill and was installed after an earlier monk mill was struck by lightning and burned down. Parts of two windmills that were previously located in Leeuwarden were used to build the Eendracht. The mill was decommissioned in 1965. After the mill changed hands a number of times, it was restored. A museum is located in the mill, which tells you more about the history of the Eendracht.

Windmill Enterprise is next on the program in Vierhuizen. This corn mill dates back to 1858. This is also a tower mill with an octagonal upper porter, which replaced an earlier mill. A small ground sail originally stood on the Enterprise site. What is special is that between 1971 and 2001 more than seventy voluntary millers learned their trade at the Company. The old teacher Bernard Dijk passed away in 2001 and although lessons are no longer given, the old flour mill still runs regularly. It is operated by a volunteer miller.

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Directions

# Description Distance
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93 (Hesseweg, 9291ME, Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
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87 (Soensterdijk, 9293MD, Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, The Netherlands) 3.84 km
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90 (Foijingaweg, 9293LR, Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, The Netherlands) 6.04 km
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84 (9293LW, Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, The Netherlands) 8.48 km
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90 (9974RM, Het Hogeland, Groningen, The Netherlands) 17.17 km

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