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This water forms the boundary between the twin villages of Winsum and Obergum. The Winsumerdiep is a remnant of the "Delf", which was probably dug from Delfzijl to Winsum before the year 1000. The Winsumerdiep is connected to the Reitdiep, the waterway from the city of Groningen to the sea. It was formerly used for trade and drainage. The latter is still the case today, and it now also has a recreational function.
This water forms the boundary between the twin villages of Winsum and Obergum. The Winsumerdiep is a remnant of the "Delf", which was probably dug from Delfzijl to Winsum before the year 1000. The Winsumerdiep is connected to the Reitdiep, the waterway from the city of Groningen to the sea. It was formerly used for trade and drainage. The latter is still the case today, and it now also has a recreational function.
This mill is a grist and hulling mill. It is an octagonal top porter that was built in 1851 as a successor to a post mill, which dates from before 1628. The mill has a pair of millstones and two incomplete pelts. In the past there was also a couple of mustard stones in the mill, one copy has been bricked into the wall of the parking lot at the foot of the mill.
The mill is located on a mill mountain in the village center of Winsum. Windmill 'De Ster' was used professionally until the 1980s and, after a major restoration in the 1990s, runs regularly on a voluntary basis. At the moment the mill is not capable of grinding, but the blades are turned a few times a month. At the end of 2008, a number of parts of the mill were replaced and the outer rod was fitted with new self-swing valves. The mill is owned by the Windmill Foundation Winsum.
For a long time Winsum and Obergum were connected by a grouse drawbridge. In 1808 it was replaced by a masonry bridge. This was unfortunately blown up at 0 mi 1940 during the Second World War.
In 1941, during the occupation, the bridge was rebuilt in its current form. The bridge is now a national monument, among other things because it is an example of a still rare, traditional type of fixed bridge and because of the relationship with the other hydraulic works in the Winsumerdiep.
This church is a medieval church, the oldest parts of which date from the twelfth century, perhaps even the late eleventh century. From the original construction period, fragments of tuff remain in the south wall of the nave. It is impossible to say what the nave originally looked like, partly due to the installation of large pointed arch windows in the sixteenth century. The ship has an oak roof construction.
The current Romano-Gothic choir dates from the thirteenth century. On the outside, the five-sided choir is decorated with a frieze in white fields. On the roof are original monks and nuns. Monks (convex tile) and nuns (hollow tile) is the name for a combination of an old type of roof tile.
The person who held the collation right of a church had the right to appoint the pastor/pastor and managed the church property. In 1566, the collation rights were in the hands of the Ripperda brothers. The Ripperda brothers were very much against Spain and the Roman Church. Under their leadership in 1566, during the iconoclasm, much destruction was done. In 1584 the city of Groningen bought the collation right. The city of Groningen wanted to use the tower as a lookout to be able to trace attacking enemies earlier. The faithful gave permission for this, provided the watchman climbed the tower outside the church. A staircase was built on the outside of the tower for this purpose. This was discovered during the restoration of 1975/1976.
A farm type that is common in the province of Friesland and the west and north of the province of Groningen is a so-called head-neck-rump farm. The living area is the head, the middle part (connection between the living area and stable/shed) is the neck and the body then forms the shed or stable.
The name of this farm type is derived from the shape of a lying cow.
The longhouse farm is the basis of this farm type. From the 15th century on, the agricultural sector in the Netherlands was doing very well and larger storage areas were needed for the harvest. An extension was then added to the side or back of the farm. In this way the head-neck-trunk farm was created. The new farms were built in this way from then on.
Even today, such a farm is still extremely suitable for modern agricultural business.
A head-neck-trunk farm is suitable for both livestock and arable farming. There is a difference in the shape of the farm:
• a livestock farm can be recognized by the higher front house with the milk cellar located below and the stable windows in the barn;
• an arable farm has an extended front house for a larger grain storage loft and larger windows at the rear of the barn, which was used as a threshing room.
A tjalk is a cargo ship that was used in earlier centuries to transport cargo over (inland) water. In the 17th century this name was first used to designate ships with round bows.
It is a ship type that has many designs.
The tjalk looks just like a rounded box, is shallow in build and is narrow and long. In addition, it has a full round bow and round bilges. With few exceptions, tjalks had one mast. They fed with a gaff rig and were equipped with side swords. A sword is a part of a sailboat that does not have a keel. It is used to counteract boat drifting (moving the boat sideways). A sword is movable and replaces a keel. A sword is generally not weighted and does not have the function of counterweight, which is the case with a sailing yacht. Because these boats do not have a keel, they can sail in shallow water.
Tjalks were initially built of wood, later also of steel. In later years they were also fitted with mechanical propulsion. Due to sometimes strong differences in appearance, execution, origin and use, tjalks often got a name associated with them.
The tjalk was common and occurred in an area stretching from the Baltic Sea to northern France and England. It was certainly in the 18th and 19th centuries in the Netherlands the workhorse and jack-of-all-trades for transport on the water. Coastal shipping was also used with the larger ones.
This building is now a residential house, which was not the case in the beginning. The name given to this house is meaningless.
Originally it is a poorhouse and it was built in 1863 by the municipality of Winsum in a style with characteristics of an artisanal-traditional building style,
Next to the building that housed approximately five homes for the poor and the home for a `father' and a `mother', there is a courtyard that was also built by the municipality. The former poorhouse is located within the boundaries of the protected village of Winsum.
Around 1950 the building was converted into a retirement home with eight rooms and living space for the director and her family. In 1974 the building was converted into a residence. The renovations mainly concerned the interior. In the years 1945-1971, when the building was used as a retirement home, the brick facades of the building were painted white.
The building is a national monument.
The old town hall is designed in a Dutch Renaissance style and used to be a residence with an office.
This stately building was once owned by the local notary, mr. C. de Ranitz. Since 1942 the building has been used as the town hall of Winsum. Since 1995 a new part adjoins this old building. The council and administrative staff are housed in the old town hall. The central desk, professional departments and the council chamber are located in the new part. Today the building also houses a children's book museum.
A farm type that is common in the province of Friesland and the west and north of the province of Groningen is a so-called head-neck-rump farm. The living area is the head, the middle part (connection between the living area and stable/shed) is the neck and the body then forms the shed or stable.
The name of this farm type is derived from the shape of a lying cow.
The longhouse farm is the basis of this farm type. From the 15th century on, the agricultural sector in the Netherlands was doing very well and larger storage areas were needed for the harvest. An extension was then added to the side or back of the farm. In this way the head-neck-trunk farm was created. The new farms were built in this way from then on.
Even today, such a farm is still extremely suitable for modern agricultural business.
A head-neck-trunk farm is suitable for both livestock and arable farming. There is a difference in the shape of the farm:
• a livestock farm can be recognized by the higher front house with the milk cellar located below and the stable windows in the barn;
• an arable farm has an extended front house for a larger grain storage loft and larger windows at the rear of the barn, which was used as a threshing room.
This synagogue was built in the 19th century and for many years had a regional function. The so-called shul was traditionally furnished, including a women's gallery and mikveh, a religious bath.
The synagogue was closed in 1934 and extensively renovated thirty years later. During the restoration in 2011, the original barrel vault and the women's gallery were restored and the mikveh was made visible under a glass plate in the floor.
Normally the beergarden besides the Chinese Tower in the English Garden, with 7000 spots, is Munich’s second largest, but currently closed due to Corona pandemic.
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The girl's name is Putuli, age 17, married 2 years ago. The daughter "Rojaiya" was born in the month of Ramadan last year. Putuli was a street kid. She was in class three at a free street kids School. Now she is a ''Mother" .,a proud mother of 'rojaiya" (Roja) Her husband Ronnie is an auto rickshaw driver. I have known her for 5 yrs since when she along with her little sister Moina used to sell flowers & hanging around the dhanmondi lake area whole day long.
This photo was taken in autumn 2019, this year it is just in my mind (lockdown in Austria.)
The Hackenberg water tank (Vienna, 19th district) was built between 1908 and 1910. It is protected by the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
Close-up natural-light double portrait (outdoor double head shot, three-quarter view and seven-eighths view) of two double-masked Mexican Yucatecan women with traditional Catrina face make-up on the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), wearing printed cloth masks during the global coronavirus masquerade;
Mérida, Yucatán, México.
More context:
Adding Context to Street Portraits (photo blog).
Exhibitions:
Gallery Arte Bacchanal: La Noche Blanca (Mexican Day of the Dead),
Mérida/Yucatán, 22 Oct - 02 Nov 2022.