De Zwaluw, Hasselt

*De Zwaluw, Hasselt*
De Zwaluw, Hasselt
	De Zwaluw,
Origin
Mill name	De Zwaluw
Mill location	Stenendijk 7, 8061 HP Hasselt
Coordinates	52°35′13.3″N 6°5′49.05″E / 52.587028°N 6.0969583°ECoordinates: 52°35′13.3″N 6°5′49.05″E / 52.587028°N 6.0969583°E
Operator(s)	Stichting tot Behoud van Korenmolen De Zwaluw te Hasselt
Year built	1784/1857
Information
Purpose	Corn mill,
Type	Smock mill
Storeys	Two-storey smock
Base storeys	Five-storey base
Smock sides	Eight sides
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Tailpole and winch
No. of pairs of millstones	one pair

De Zwaluw (English: The Swallow) is a smock mill in Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands which is run by volunteers every Saturday.

HistoryEdit

The mill was built in 1784 just outside the citywalls of Hasselt.

In the end of December they will blow an old wooden horn the so-called "midwinterboorn"
Blowing the midwinterhoorn
Musicians of the group MidwinterhoornBloasgroep "Kop van Overiessel"
MidwinterhoornBloasgroep "Kop van Overiessel"
Mill stones has to be repaired
Sunset nearby Hasselt
Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (Overijssel)
Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (Overijssel) - Early spring.
Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands)
Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands) - Winter
Zwaluw in moonlight
Mill near the river Het Zwartewater.
Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands)
Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands) - an old picture around 1930.