Windmill

Holiday Resolution

The windmill is a fascinating cultural heritage of other nations to become Dutch icon as the State Windmills.

Windmills in the Netherlands at the beginning of its existence around 13th century serves to push the water into the sea in order to form a new, more extensive land (polders). This is because the location of most of the plain Dutch territory is below sea level.

With the development of technology, around the 17th century windmill is also used as a means of helpers in agriculture and industry. Such as producing paper, wood polish, remove the oil from the seeds, and grind corn. The number of windmills centuries ago there were about 10,000 windmills. Now, about 1000 windmills. Most of the existing windmills still function as well as being a tourist attraction that is very interesting.

Anyone who has ever visited the Netherlands can certainly be looking windmill. Most of the windmills are scattered throughout the Netherlands now only stand-alone (one building) at an area location. While that is a collection of windmills, exist in two places and has become a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands.

This place is a tourist area is preserved or protected Zaanse Schans in the province of Noord-Holland (North Holland Province) and Kinderdijk in the province of South Holland (South Holland Province).