Local Windmill, Batenburg

No name, but it was built in the 1700s and was previously part of the property of the lords of Batenburg Castle nearby.  To be honest, I didn't even know we had a village called Batenburg.  Naturally, we do not have any aristocratic families here called 'Mountbatten'.  The castle itself was built in the year 527 (amazing!) but the Batenburg family itself died out in the 1300s.  The last female descendant, Johanna, married Willem van Bronckhorst.  After that time, the entire property passed from hand to hand until the French destroyed it in 1794, shortly after which Napoleon planted his fat brother Louis as King of the Low Countries.  Curiously enough, the windmill remained intact despite the area having been a war zone for centuries, situated as it is on the border between the provinces of Gelderland and Brabant.  Of course, parts of the mill have been replaced and it has had several coats of paint, but I marvel, nevertheless, at the fact that it is still standing.

Went to work, worked, went on the hunt, went back home.  It was a busy day again.  There was quite a bit of sunshine, but clouds came and went continuously, and I just pushed my luck because I did not want to waste the trip.  Back home, some gaming, kitchen duties, and correction work.  That phrase will appear in every post up to next week, I think.