Jan Pol (windmill)

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title: "Jan Pol (windmill)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["coevorden", "windmills-in-drenthe", "smock-mills-in-the-netherlands", "windmills-completed-in-1876", "grinding-mills-in-the-netherlands", "rijksmonuments-in-drenthe", "octagonal-buildings-in-the-netherlands"] description: "Dutch windmill" topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Pol_(windmill)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Jan Pol
image	Dalen molen Jan Pol.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	Jan Pol, February 2009
name_of_mill	Jan Pol
Molen van Pol
location_of_mill	Molenwijk 8, 7751 CG, Dalen
coordinates
operator	Gemeente Coevorden
built	1876
purpose	Corn mill and barley polishing mill
type	Smock mill
storeys	Three-storey smock
base_storeys	Three-storey base
smock_sides	Eight sides
sail_number	Four sails
sail_type	Common sails
windshaft	Cast iron
winding	Tailpole and winch
pairs_of_millstones	Three pairs
stone_size	1.50 m, 1.40 m and 1.40 m
other	Tallest remaining windmill in Drenthe
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|name =Jan Pol |image = Dalen molen Jan Pol.jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = Jan Pol, February 2009 |name_of_mill = Jan Pol Molen van Pol |location_of_mill = Molenwijk 8, 7751 CG, Dalen |coordinates = |operator = Gemeente Coevorden |built = 1876 |purpose = Corn mill and barley polishing mill |type = Smock mill |storeys = Three-storey smock |base_storeys = Three-storey base |smock_sides = Eight sides |sail_number = Four sails |sail_type = Common sails |windshaft = Cast iron |winding = Tailpole and winch |pairs_of_millstones= Three pairs |stone_size = 1.50 m, 1.40 m and 1.40 m |auxpower = |other = Tallest remaining windmill in Drenthe Jan Pol is a smock mill in Dalen, Netherlands. It was built in 1876. The mill is a Rijksmonument, number 44562.

History

Jan Pol was built in 1876, replacing a mill that had been built in 1820 and burnt down following a lightning strike in 1875. It was built by millwright Schiller from Dalfsen, Overijssel. In operation until 1947, it was stripped of machinery in 1958. Restoration by millwright Huberts of Coevorden began in 1971 and was completed in 1972. Further restoration was undertaken in 1993 by millwrights Doornbosch of Adorp, Groningen. The mill is named for Jan Pol, who owned it from 1942 until his death in 1982. It is the tallest windmill standing today in Drenthe.

Description

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Jan Pol is what the Dutch describe as an "achtkante stellingmolen", a smock mill with a stage. The mill has a three-storey brick base with a three-storey smock. The height of the stage is 9.90 m above ground level. The smock and cap are thatched. The four Common sails span 21.60 m. They are carried on a cast-iron windshaft which was made by the millwrights Prins van Oranje, of The Hague in 1866. The windshaft carries the brake wheel, which has 61 cogs. It drives the wallower at the top of the upright shaft. The wallower has 34 cogs. At the bottom of the upright shaft, the great spur wheel with 115 cogs drives two lantern pinion stone nuts, one with 37 staves and one with 38 staves. The pearl barley stones are driven by a stone nut with 28 cogs.

Public access

Jan Pol is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 1 April to 1 November between 13:30 and 16:30. It is also open throughout the year by appointment.

References

References

1. "Technische gegevens". [[De Hollandsche Molen]].
2. "Dalen, Drenthe". Molendatabase.
3. "Geschiedenis". De Hollandsche Molen.
4. (September 2025). "Informatie". De Hollandsche Molen.

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