Newly built mill house and toilet building (postponed for a longer period of time)

19 April 2024

Unfortunately, the new permit procedure is taking longer than we had hoped. At the moment it is not yet possible to say when and if this will all come to an end. However, we do our best to get everything done as quickly as possible. Especially because we can pay a very large part of the maintenance of the mill with the proceeds from the camper pitches.

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Piece of history reunited with mill

19 April 2024

When the mill was still in Leiden, this mill was, among other things, a sawmill. At that time the name of the mill was “De Haan”. Because of the connection with the sawmill, a beard (name plate of the mill) was made in Rococo style with a rooster carved in wood. When the mill was moved to ‘t Zand in 1865, the beard was left behind at the sawmill. When the sawmill was demolished, the Timmerman family (the owners of the sawmill at the time) were able to save the beard from demolition.

For a long time it was uncertain what the origin of mill “De Hoop” was. However, for a number of years it has been established with certainty that this was once mill “De Haan” from Leiden. The Timmerman family, who still had that beard in their possession, also found out and contacted Jaap Zeeman. Ultimately, this led to the beard being reunited with the mill. The official transfer took place on October 27, 2021.

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