Hazerswoude-Rijndijk: Churches, Mills and Nieuw Werklust

Church architecture, brickmaking history, mills, and route connections offer different cultural and historical perspectives. The Scheepjeskerk highlights architecture and furnishings, while Nieuw Werklust offers a glimpse of former brick production and its buildings. There are also mills with historical or present-day connections to water management, as well as a Roman route and a cycling route. These topics differ in their historical context, function, and type of orientation.

Church architecture and furnishings

The Scheepjeskerk was built in 1855 in the Neo-Gothic style by the architect W.G. van Vogelpoel. It was designated a municipal monument in November 2013. Inside, it has a Maarschalkerweerd organ dating from 1901. The dates refer to different aspects: 1855 to the construction of the church, 1901 to the organ, and 2013 to its designation as a monument. This makes it possible to consider the building’s history, furnishings, and monument status separately.

Nieuw Werklust and the former clay industry

The Nieuw Werklust tile factory on the Oude Rijn has cultural and architectural-historical value as a reminder of the once-thriving clay industry along the Rhine. The clay products factory has been producing roof tiles and bricks since the 17th century. About 37 buildings still stand on the site; they were designated Rijksmonumenten in 2002.

The production history and buildings offer different insights into Nieuw Werklust: information about the factory concerns its former production of building materials, while the figure of around 37 refers to the buildings still standing that have been designated Rijksmonumenten. This brings both the site’s industrial significance and its surviving built heritage into view.

Mills and water management

The Groenendijkse Molen was built in 1627 to drain the Nieuw Groenendijk polder. The Rijnenburgermolen now helps renew the water system in the neighboring residential district. The comparison highlights the difference between a historical purpose and a present-day function: the information concerns different tasks related to water.

The Rijnenburger Molen is located at Van Beethovenlaan 63A in Hazerswoude-Rijndijk. The Gele Wip, also known as the Groenendijkse Molen, is located at Groenendijksepolder 2 in Hazerswoude-Rijndijk. If you use these route details for your planning, check the route information before setting off.

Bridge and route connections

The present-day Koudekerkse Bridge can also be clearly dated: it was built in 1929 and has been a Rijksmonument since 2011. The construction year and its later monument status refer to different points in the bridge’s history.

Westvaartpark is located exactly halfway along the Roman route from the Matilo fort in Leiden to the Albaniana fort in the city center of Alphen aan den Rijn. The named forts mark the endpoints; Westvaartpark’s location marks the midpoint of this route.

The Hollandse Limes cycling route runs along the Oude Rijn and through Hazerswoude. The two route descriptions help answer different questions: one locates Westvaartpark on a route between two forts, while the other describes the course of a cycling route. Check route conditions before setting off.

Discover more destinations: Hazerswoude-Dorp, Koudekerk Aan Den Rijn.

Go to the main travel overview: Rijnwoude.