Wissink's Windmill in Usselo (Overijssel)
photo: Harry van der Ende Wissink's Windmill in Usselo (Overijssel)

Did you know that pole mills were the most common type of windmills during the Middle Ages? The first Dutch pole mill dates back to 1221 and was located in Willemskerke, a village in Zeeland that has now gone into the sea.