Zaanse Schans
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Zaanse Schans
Zaanstad municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 24 ″ N , 4 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ E
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| Incorporation : | 1974 |
 Some windmills in the district
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The Zaanse Schans is a district in the municipality of Zaanstad , opposite Zaandijk an der Zaan . Around 1,900,000 visitors annually visit this open-air museum , which was built with the idea of showing the historical legacy of this oldest industrial area in the Netherlands. Many houses in the district are inhabited, so that not only tourists can be found on the site. In Zaanse Schans there is the Zaans Museum and a wooden shoe museum.
history
The name Schans is reminiscent of the ski jump of the same name , which was built in 1574 by Diederik Sonoy, a governor under Willem I, Prince of Orange, against the Spanish attackers.
In 1928 a mill museum (Zaans Molenmuseum) was set up - initially in a residential building.
Between 1961 and 1974, many old buildings from the Zaan region were transported to the Zaanse Schans, rebuilt and restored to their original state. The existing windmills on site were restored, and more from the Zaan region were added. In the later years, too, old buildings were repeatedly erected there.
Visitors can tour a variety of old houses, including a replica of Albert Heijn's first store , which became a Dutch supermarket chain. In addition to the souvenir shops, you can visit a cheese dairy , a cooperage , a wooden shoe workshop, a bakery museum , the Zaanse clock museum and the world's only paint mill , De Kat . All other industrial windmills can also be visited. Adjacent to the outdoor area is the Zaans Museum, which gives an insight into the development of the Zaan region as an industrial area. Products made on the site, mustard, cheese, pastries and so on can be bought there.
Mills on the Zaanse Schans
- De Huisman spice mill
- Paltrok sawmill De Gekroonde Poelenburg
- Paint mill De Kat
- Sawmill Het Jonge Schaap
- Oil mill De Os
- Oil mill De Zoeker
- Sawmill Het Klaverblad
- De Bonte Hen oil mill
These mills are all on the east bank of the Zaan. Other mills, mostly pasture mills, are set up on the site. Across the street is the De Ooijevaar oil mill (German: The Stork ) and on the other bank of the Zaan is the De (Bleeke) Dood flour mill .
Admission to the outdoor area is free; an entrance fee must be paid to visit the mills, the existing historic houses or the wooden shoe museum.
See also
literature
- Paul Meurs: Vijftig Jaar Zaanse Schans. A monument reserve dat geen openluchtmuseum has been liked . In: Bulletin van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond (Bulletin KNOB), vol. 112 (2013), no. 4, pp. 185-201.
Web links
- Website of the place (including Dutch, German, English)
- Website of the open air museum (including Dutch, German, English)
Footnotes
- ↑ Paul Meurs: Vijftig Jaar Zaanse Schans. A monument reserve dat geen openluchtmuseum has been liked . In: Bulletin van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond (Bulletin KNOB), Vol. 112 (2013), No. 4, pp. 185–201, here p. 186.
- ↑ Paul Meurs: Vijftig Jaar Zaanse Schans. A monument reserve dat geen openluchtmuseum has been liked . In: Bulletin van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond (Bulletin KNOB), Vol. 112 (2013), No. 4, pp. 185–201, here pp. 188–189 and p. 191.
- ↑ Paul Meurs: Vijftig Jaar Zaanse Schans. A monument reserve dat geen openluchtmuseum has been liked . In: Bulletin van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond (Bulletin KNOB), Vol. 112 (2013), No. 4, pp. 185–201, here p. 190.