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De Adriaan, Veldhoven

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Status
  
Rijksmonument (37040)

Town or city
  
Veldhoven

Completed
  
1906

Phone
  
+31 40 253 2768

Type
  
Windmill

Country
  
Netherlands,

Opened
  
1906

Province
  
North Brabant

De Adriaan, Veldhoven

Designations
  
Gristmill, out of use Cafeteria

Address
  
5503 BH Veldhoven, Netherlands

Similar
  
Aalstermolen, Aan de Pegstukken, De Arend - Wouw, Annemie, Rijksmonument

De Adriaan (English: The Adriaan) is a windmill located on the Windmolen 17 in Meerveldhoven, a neighbourhood of Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands. Build in 1906 on an artificial hill, the windmill functioned as gristmill. The mill was built as a tower mill and its sails have a span of 26.20 meters. The mill is a national monument (nr 37040) since 1 October 1969.

History

Build in 1906 De Adriaan was originally used as a gristmill. It was built in order of the family Van Grinsven from Beek en Donk. Since 1935 the mill is property of the family De Jongh. The mill was in regular use until the 1980s when the family De Jong took another windmill, Sint Jan, in use, located in Hoogeind in Veldhoven. The lower section of the mill are now used as a caferia. The mill is still in ready order. In later days houses were built around the mill, decreasing its visibility.

References

De Adriaan, Veldhoven Wikipedia