Contact
information:
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Gerritsen
& Meijers, Ingenieurs
Dorpsstraat
132
9605
PD Kiel Windeweer
The
Netherlands
Phone:
+31 598-491865
Email:
or
if that doesn't work :
(and
you can write in German if you like)
Note:
I
get loads of mails. The majority are about pills, lonely ladies,
Nigerian
bankaccounts, investment advice, "updates from microsoft" to destroy my
PC, answers to mails which I've never sent, mailservers bouncing
messages
because some cretin 'borrowed' my adress, penis extensions and other
crap
which doesn't cheer me up terribly. Mailwasher
rules, together with the deletebutton, so there may be some collateral
damage.
TIP:
To ensure your message reaches me a normal name helps. If you're really
named Suzy Jackson etc tough luck. A relevant header (Hello, Hey
or loads of exclamationmarks are not clever) and a small filesize
without
attachments are a good thing.
And
if you don't get an answer immediately it could just be that I'm busy!
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by
bicycle
from
Groningen: Haren-Glimmen-Midlaren-Zuidlaren-De Groeve:
- take
to the cyclepath, signposted
(=LF14) (turn right leaving the main entrance)
- cross
the rails at the first barred gates, continue along the
Helperzoom Go straight on at the end where the road turns
right, keep the pond on your right and follow the cyclepath
- Continue
along the cyclepath until it ends somewhere in the middel of Haren.
Keep going straight, the Kerklaan will turn into Jachtlaan
- Left
in the direction
Onnen (Onnerweg)
- turn
right
before the railway, along the public pool
- at
the end of the cyclepath turn right and left again (Viaductweg) , take
the climb to the railwaybridge cross the rails and turn left
(Giezelgeer, end of LF14),
- Iin
Onnen take a right turn twice and continue in the direction
of Noordlaren and Midlaren (
left turn here)
& Zuidlaren.
- In
Zuidlaren after 'Sprookjeshof' left in the direction de Groeve
along the canal. Turn right at the end of de Groeve
in the direction Kiel Windeweer
- In
Kiel
Windeweer turn right before the bridge for the Dorpsstraat
continue for No 132.
Or ( a much more open
route for those who like
shipbuilding) along
the Winschoterdiep (canal), turn right to Zuidlaren, Foxhol- De
Groeve-Kiel
Windeweer.
Turn
right in Kiel Windeweer into the Dorpsstraat (along the canal)
From
the direction of Assen
Loon-Gasteren-Anloo-Annen-Spijkerboor-Kiel
Windeweer. The Dorpsstraat begins from this end with No 314, 132 is a
few
kilometers further down the road!
With
public transport
By train to either Assen
or
Kropswolde, continuing by bicycle (25kms or 5kms)
Arriva
bus 73 from Groningen trainstation, busstop # 4 on the
Kielsterachterweg and then a 12 minute trek (walk the lane in the
direction of the church and footiefield, continue over the bridge and
turn left)
By
car
A-28: exit
Assen zuid, direction Veendam, 3rd exit on the roundabout Gieten, first
exit Annen, continue as for the cycling route from Assen (Turn left
before
bridge after entering Kiel Windeweer) Note: the routeplanners route
over Zuidlaren suffers from roadworks and detours.
A-7:exit Kolham,
turn south in the direction of Zuidlaren. On entering 'de Groeve'
turn left for Kiel Windeweer. In Kiel Windeweer turn right before the
bridge
for the Dorpsstraat.
No
132 is opposite the church, you can park at the back
By Boat
The Kieldiep connects the Zuidlaardermeer with Stadskanaal and Germany,
and can be used by motorboats up to approx 15m
By
flying saucer
The
GPS coordinates are 6.46'44" East, 53.06'42" North.
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Kiel
Windeweer (municipality
of
Hoogezand-Sappemeer)
is a village 20 km south-east of the city of Groningen, just on the
border
with the province of Drente. The character of this village along the
canal
is largely unchanged, and the draining ditches and swing bridges are
still
present. The ditches and canals were dug to transport the peat to
Groningen.The
peat is gone now, farmland remains and the NAM is now hunting for
natural
gas.
Until recently the
canal was closed to shipping, which was a more formal way of expressing
the
fact that most bridges were welded shut. However, due to the wonders of
European grants the bridges are now replaced, so you could be the first
to
reach us by boat if you don't mind a few dozen bridges!
Farming
and livestock still dominates the village. Popular crops are potatoes,
sugarbeet, corn and maize. And some black and white cows, and luckily
not
many pigs and the occasional horse, donkey or pony.
What
else is Kiel Windeweer famous for: First there are our opposite
neighbours Jan & Marola who run a tiny hotel with a wonderfull
kitchen in
the
converted church: de Amshoff
You
can also encounter Kiel Windeweer on products by the Groninger
cakefactory
Barkhuis (well within smelling distance), and if cycling is to much
work you can can get an Italian motorcycle at HMI or even heavier metal
at USA-cars
/ EPS (actually based in 'Nieuwe Compagnie', another typical name
from
our past as a fen colony) .
Other
area's where Kiel Windeweer leads the way: we have 7 km of canal, 10
swivel
bridges, 2 drawbridges, 1 lock, and 6 letterboxes!.
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