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Bourtange Church
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Theo
March 14, 2021
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Bourtange once had a standard grist and peel mill. This small wooden windmill stood on the Molenbastion, but lost its function when the soldiers left. The mill was sold in 1832 and moved to the hamlet of Ter Haar, where it can still be admired. Since 1980, an accurate copy of this early seventeenth-century mill has stood on the reconstructed wall in Bourtange, giving the fortress 'its' mill back. The original is the only surviving copy in the Northern Netherlands.
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The Bourtange church was built in 1869 to replace the old garrison church. That old church, already in use before 1607, was the first newly built Protestant church in the …
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October 14, 2026
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.
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