Windmill Rijn en Lek Wijk bij Duurstede
E-Mail: vriendenvandemolen1659@gmail.com
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ANBI
As an ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling or Charitable Institution) the ‘Vereniging De Hollandsche Molen’ foundation does not pay taxes on donations, meaning your entire gift is useful to us. It is also often possible to make a donation a deductible expense. Click here for more information
Since 01 January 2012, there is a new deductible regulation for donations to cultural ANBIs. In their income tax form, individuals are allowed to deduct 1.25 times the amount of their donation.
The organisation
The Dutch Mill Society (Vereniging De Hollandsche Molen), the owner of the Rijn en Lek Windmill, has worked to maintain wind and water mills in the Netherlands, keeping them functional since 1923. The society aims to achieve this goal by:
- Helping mill owners with technical advice on effective maintenance and on restoring the buildings in a historically responsible manner.
- Promoting the good design of the mill’s environment (the mill biotope), which requires protection from overzealous building and planting.
- Bringing mills and mill maintenance to the attention of the public, for example by organising a national mill day.
- Fundraising for subsidies and contributions to maintain and renovate mills.
- Promoting millership.
- Promoting publications and safeguarding mill documentation.
- Organising examinations and credentially of new millers following the Guild of Voluntary Millers course of study.
Voluntary Millers
Work at the mill is kept up by four voluntary millers, who have received their education through the Guild of Voluntary Millers. These four are Vincent Bart, Camiel Damen, Louis Maas, Berend Scheffers and Harke Slagter.
