oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2006-12 00052

[W. Fred Rump <fredrump(a)gmail.com>]

On 12/20/06, mstulken(a)wi.net <mstulken(a)wi.net> wrote:
> Thank you, Fred.  That's most fascinating.
>
> There must also have been windmills farther south, too—in Spain.  Wasn't
> Don Quixote fighting with windmills at one point?
>
> Marilyn

Of course but we were discussing Holland and Oldenburg. You could walk
from one to the other. It was only a day's walk across some land held
by Hannover to get to the Netherlands.

In any case, windmills started in early on the middle east especially
present day Iran.

The windmills in Spain are different from those we find in northern
Europe. They are solid building made out of stone. I've travelled the
area and could well imagine the road to La Mancha with the mills
sitting high in the hills. It doesn't take much imagination to have
you want to ride against them. :-) Cervantes first published that
story in 1605 and it talks about an earlier time. So windmills were
around in Spain early on for sure too. :-)

Fred


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