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The mill was restored in 1946, 1957, 1969 and 1975.<ref name=Friese/> In 1997, the mill was sold by the Bremers to the Gemeente Kollummerland.<ref name=Data/> A further restoration was completed in 2000, the mill being officially reopened on 6 May - [[National Mills Day|Nationale Molendag]].<ref name=History>{{cite web|url=http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=804 |title=Geschiedenis |publisher=De Hollandsche Molen |language=Dutch |accessdate=13 November 2009}} (Click on ''Geschiedenis" to view.)</ref> The mill was completely [[thatch|rethatched]] in 2007.<ref name=Data/>
The mill was restored in 1946, 1957, 1969 and 1975.<ref name=Friese/> In 1997, the mill was sold by the Bremers to the Gemeente Kollummerland.<ref name=Data/> A further restoration was completed in 2000, the mill being officially reopened on 6 May - [[National Mills Day|Nationale Molendag]].<ref name=History>{{cite web|url=http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=804 |title=Geschiedenis |publisher=De Hollandsche Molen |language=Dutch |accessdate=13 November 2009}} (Click on ''Geschiedenis" to view.)</ref> The mill was completely [[thatch|rethatched]] in 2007.<ref name=Data/>
In the late evening of Easter Sunday 2012 the mill caught fire and was ablaze when the fire brigade arrived. About half an hour after the fire had started the mill collapsed.<ref name=LC>{{cite web|url=http://www.lc.nl/friesland/regio/article14784623.ece/Historische-molen-Burum-stort-in-na-brand|title=Historische-molen-Burum-stort-in-na-brand |publisher=Leeuwarder Courant |language=Dutch |accessdate=09-04-12}}</ref> Following a police enquiry 6 boys in the age of 12 to 14 years were apprehended for causing the fire. Though they admit having lit a fire next to the mill out of mischief the boys themselves claim to have extinguished the fire once they thought it was getting out of control. The mill was insured for €1.45 million.<ref name=LC2>{{cite news | title=Molen Burum in de as door brandende bijbels | newspaper = Leeuwarder Courant | date = 12 April 2012}}</ref> Owner ''Stichting Erfgoed Kollumerland & Nieuwkruisland'' has stated the intention to rebuild the mill.<ref name=Stichting>{{cite web|url=http://www.erfgoedkollumerland.nl/•-molen-windlust-na-de-brand|title=Molen Windlust na de brand|language=Dutch|accessdate=28-04-12}}</ref>
[[File:Windmill windlust reconstruction 2013 (2).JPG|thumbnail|left|Windlust being rebuilt, 15 November 2013]]In the late evening of Easter Sunday 2012 the mill caught fire and was ablaze when the fire brigade arrived. About half an hour after the fire had started the mill collapsed.<ref name=LC>{{cite web|url=http://www.lc.nl/friesland/regio/article14784623.ece/Historische-molen-Burum-stort-in-na-brand|title=Historische-molen-Burum-stort-in-na-brand |publisher=Leeuwarder Courant |language=Dutch |accessdate=09-04-12}}</ref> Following a police enquiry 6 boys in the age of 12 to 14 years were apprehended for causing the fire. The mill was insured for €1.45 million<ref name=LC2>{{cite news | title=Molen Burum in de as door brandende bijbels | newspaper = Leeuwarder Courant | date = 12 April 2012}}</ref> and is currently being rebuilt by millwright companies Kolthof and Vaags.


==Description==
==Description==

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Windlust, Burum
Windlust, March 2009
Map
Origin
Mill nameWindlust
Mill location53°16′27″N 6°13′55″E / 53.27417°N 6.23194°E / 53.27417; 6.23194
Operator(s)Stichting Erfgoed Kollumerland & Nieuwkruisland
Year built1787
Information
PurposeCorn mill and Barley mill
TypeSmock mill
StoreysThree-storey smock
Base storeysThree-storey base
Smock sidesEight sides
No. of sailsFour sails
Type of sailsPatent sails with Dekkerised leading edges
WindshaftCast iron
WindingTailpole and winch
No. of pairs of millstonesFour pairs
Size of millstonesTwo pairs 1.40 metres (4 ft 7 in) diameter
Year lost2012

Windlust was a smock mill in Burum, Friesland, Netherlands which had been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 23744.[1] The mill was destroyed by fire on the 8th of April 2012.[2][3]

History

A windmill was recorded at Burum in 1578. The next mention of a mill at Burum was in 1711.[2] This mill burnt down on 12 October 1785. In 1787 a new mill was built to replace it.[4] Reinder Durks Hamming was the owner-miller from 1811 to 1832 and Harmannus Habbema was the owner-miller from c1860 until his death in 1881. Eelke de Kok of Buitenpost took the mill in 1888, working it until 1905 when his nephew Thijs Berends took over. In 1941 the mill was taken by J Bremer.[2]

The mill was restored in 1946, 1957, 1969 and 1975.[4] In 1997, the mill was sold by the Bremers to the Gemeente Kollummerland.[2] A further restoration was completed in 2000, the mill being officially reopened on 6 May - Nationale Molendag.[5] The mill was completely rethatched in 2007.[2]

Windlust being rebuilt, 15 November 2013

In the late evening of Easter Sunday 2012 the mill caught fire and was ablaze when the fire brigade arrived. About half an hour after the fire had started the mill collapsed.[6] Following a police enquiry 6 boys in the age of 12 to 14 years were apprehended for causing the fire. The mill was insured for €1.45 million[7] and is currently being rebuilt by millwright companies Kolthof and Vaags.

Description

Windlust was what the Dutch describe as a "stellingmolen" . It was a three-storey smock mill with a stage on a three-storey base.[4] The base was wooden, on a low brick foundation.[2] The stage was at third-floor level, 6.10 metres (20 ft 0 in) above ground level. The mill was winded by tailpole and winch. The four Patent sails, which had a span of 21.00 metres (68 ft 11 in), were carried in a cast-iron windshaft which was cast by Prins van Oranje, Den Haag in 1892. The windshaft also carried the brake wheel which had 67 cogs. This drove the wallower (34 cogs) at the top of the upright shaft. At the bottom of the upright shaft, the great spur wheel (103 cogs) drove a pair of 1.40 metres (4 ft 7 in) diameter French Burr millstones via a lantern pinion stone nut with 27 staves. A second pair of 1.40 metres (4 ft 7 in) diameter French Burr millstones were driven via a lantern pinion stone nut with 31 staves. The millstones used for producing pearl barley were driven by lantern pinion stone nuts with 20 and 21 staves respectively.[4]

Millers

  • Reinder Durks Hamming (1811–32)
  • Hermanus Habbema (c1860-81)
  • Eelke de Kok (1888-1905)
  • Thijs Berends (1905–41)
  • J Bremer (1941- )

Reference for above:-[2]

References

  1. ^ "Technische gegevens" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. Retrieved 14 November 2009. (Click on Technische gegevens" to view.)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Burum, Friesland" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Instortende brandende molen Burum" (in Dutch). Youtube. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d Stichting De Fryske Mole (1995). Friese Molens (in Dutch). Leeuwarden: Friese Pers Boekerij bv. pp. p164. ISBN 90-330-1522-6. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  5. ^ "Geschiedenis" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. Retrieved 13 November 2009. (Click on Geschiedenis" to view.)
  6. ^ "Historische-molen-Burum-stort-in-na-brand" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. Retrieved 09-04-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "Molen Burum in de as door brandende bijbels". Leeuwarder Courant. 12 April 2012.