A Tjasker is a type of small drainage windmill used in the Netherlands and north Germany. There are seven tjaskers remaining in Overijssel, all located in the marshy region in the northwest corner of the province.
52°44′31″N 6°05′04″E / 52.741814°N 6.084491°E
The
paaltjasker was built in 1979 in
Giethoorn and is in private ownership.
[1] Its operational but has no real function. The tjasker has four
Common sails, which have a span of 5.40 metres (17 ft 9 in).
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52°44′35″N 6°05′03″E / 52.742984°N 6.084095°E
The
paaltjasker was built in 1970 by well known tjasker builder Roelof Dijksma to drain his and his neighbours garden.
[3] The tjasker has four symmetrical
Common sails that can be covered with wooden slats and which have a span of 5.1 metres (16 ft 9 in).
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52°43′19″N 6°05′20″E / 52.722061°N 6.088854°E
The
paaltjasker was built in 1988 and is part of museum 't Olde Maat Uus showing life in
Giethoorn about a century ago. The tjasker is operational but because of its sheltered location it is powered by an electric motor. It can be visited during opening hours of the museum. The tjasker has four
Common sails that can be covered with wooden slats and which have a span of 5.0 metres (16 ft 5 in).
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52°43′10″N 6°01′18″E / 52.719481°N 6.021737°E
The
paaltjasker was built in 2010 on the initiative of Stichting Natuurlijk Jonen which works on the protection of the cultural and natural landscape around hamlet
Jonen. The tjasker has four symmetrical
Common sails that can be covered with wooden slats.
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52°47′02″N 5°58′54″E / 52.783892°N 5.981597°E
The
paaltjasker was built in 1963 by well known tjasker builder Roelof Dijksma. It was donated to
Staatsbosbeheer by monthly Overijssel magazine De Mars to celebrate its 10th anniversary and was the start of a small renaissance for tjaskers in general.
[10] The tjasker has four symmetrical
Common sails that can be covered with wooden slats and is used to pump water into the
quaking bog. .
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52°48′31″N 5°56′14″E / 52.808513°N 5.937158°E
The
paaltjasker was built in 1977 by Jac. Punter of Paaslo as a copy of the above-mentioned tjasker built by Dijksma.
[13] It was repaired and moved about 200 m in 1984. The tjasker is close to the
Staatsbosbeheer visitor centre of nature reserve
De Weerribben near
Ossenzijl and is used to pump water into the
reed beds in summer. The tjasker has four symmetrical
Common sails that can be covered with wooden slats and which have a span of 5.55 metres (18 ft 3 in).
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52°40′06″N 6°00′56″E / 52.668342°N 6.015439°E
The
paaltjasker was built in 1968 by well known tjasker builder Roelof Dijksma for nature conservation organisation
Natuurmonumenten near their then newly built visitor centre De Foeke in nature reserve
De Wieden near
Sint Jansklooster. The tjasker has four symmetrical
Common sails that can be covered with wooden slats and which have a span of 5.15 metres (16 ft 11 in).
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