Enkhuizen Gatehouse, The Netherlands- for Weathervane Wednesday

 This weathervane was photographed in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands.

This gilded ship weathervane is located above the Drommedaris or the Enkhuisan Town Gate.  Enkhuizen was a walled city, but now only several gates remain.  This gate was established about 1540 at the entrance to the Old Harbor. There is a 44 bell carillon in the tower, and a drawbridge over the canal. 

The weathervane is a gilded, two dimensional image of a typical Dutch sailing ship.  The Enkhuizen harbor leads out to the Ijsselmeer, which is a huge, fresh water lake that used to be part of the sea before a large dike was built. Before the harbor silted over, and before the Ijsselmeer was formed, Enkhuizen was a major seaport like Amsterdam, and a base for the Dutch East India Trade Company.  

For the truly curious:

Enkhuizen at Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enkhuizen   

Drommedaris at Wikipedia (with lots of new and old photos):   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drommedaris  

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Enkhuizen Gatehouse, The Netherlands- for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted May 7, 2025, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/05/enkhuizen-gatehouse-netherlands-for.html: accessed [access date]).