De Verwachting, Tholen

Name: De Verwachting
Address: Tholen, Netherlands

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De Verwachting is a corn mill in Tholen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a round, brick-built tower mill dating from 1848. The mill has many similarities with De Vier Winden in Sint-Annaland.

The mill continued to operate on wind power until 1930 after which it was dismantled to serve as a mechanical grinding mill. In 1964 the milling stopped. In 1980, Mr. and Mrs. van Gorsel bought the adjacent property and the mill, with the intention of shortening the mill hull and incorporating it into the house. However, the plans were changed and they started to restore the mill. The Expectation was placed on the monument list. On September 5, 2009, the mill was fully restored. The mill can grind grain with a pair of grinding stones. The first floor and first attic have been added to the house. In the mill the model collection of Willem Bastiaanse is exhibited.

Coordinates: 51°31'49"N, 4°13'11"E

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De Verwachting – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gertrudiskerk, Fort de Roovere, Assumburg, Markiezenhof.

3.8 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Gertrudiskerk, Bergen op Zoom
98 min walk • The Gertrudiskerk is a church approachable from the large market in the center of Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. The towers of the church are called "pepper plant towers". An old legend says Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, abbess of the abbey in Nivelles, founded the church in 654.
3.5 miE
Memorial
Fort de Roovere
90 min walk • Fort De Roovere is an earthen fort, constructed as part of the Dutch Water Line, a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in 1628 during the Eighty Years War where it defended against Spanish attackers. It is located near Halsteren.
3.4 miN
Windmill
Assumburg
87 min walk • The Assumburg, also known as Het Huis Assenburg, is a windmill located on the Veerweg 1 in Nieuw-Vossemeer, Steenbergen, in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands.
3.7 miSE
Library, Historical place, Museum
Markiezenhof, Bergen op Zoom
95 min walk • The Markiezenhof is a late Gothic city palace in the city of Bergen op Zoom, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It was the residence of the Lords and later the Marquises of Bergen op Zoom. The building hosts exhibitions and events.
3.6 miSE
City gate
Gevangenpoort, Bergen op Zoom
93 min walk • The Gevangenpoort in Bergen op Zoom is the oldest monument in the city. The gate dates from the 14th century and is one of the surviving examples of city gates as found in Dutch cities in the Middle Ages.
3.8 miSE
51°29'55"N • 4°17'28"E
Ravelijn op den Zoom, Bergen op Zoom
97 min walk • City wall
~550 ftN
51°31'55"N • 4°13'10"E
Grote- of Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Tholen
3 min walk • Church
5.4 miS
Canal
Scheldt–Rhine Canal
139 min walk • The Scheldt–Rhine Canal in Belgium and the Netherlands connects Antwerp with the Volkerak, and thereby the Scheldt with the Rhine.
2.5 miN
Canal
Eendracht
65 min walk • The Eendracht is a former tidal branch of river Scheldt that has been channelised to form the northern stretch of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal. It flows from the Zoommeer lake near Bergen op Zoom past the town and eponymous island of Tholen towards the former island of Sint Philipsland, where it used to end in the Krabbenkreek estuary.
5.9 miNE
Church
Witte Kerk, Steenbergen
151 min walk • The church of the Protestant community in Steenbergen, better known as the White Church or Protestant Church, is a church building, a so-called water state church, in the Dutch town of Steenbergen.
5.8 miNE
Church
Sint-Gummaruskerk, Steenbergen
148 min walk • The Sint-Gummaruskerk is a church in the Dutch city of Steenbergen.