Every country around the world has its own different characteristics, and in the Dutch region, people will often call the Netherlands the country of windmills, the reason is that the Dutch region is full of windmills. The Dutch windmills were first introduced from Germany, in the beginning the windmills were only suitable for simple milling. But in the 16th and 17th centuries, with the continuous development of the Dutch economy, the windmill has shown an extraordinary role in this. So the windmill is widely used in various areas.

According to Western history, windmills first appeared in Germany. Later, with the development of the economy around the world and gradually spread to the Netherlands. Windmills did not have any prominent role in Holland at the beginning, generally only used to grind flour. Because the Netherlands region has important raw materials from all over the world, and these raw materials are transported through various waterways, transported into the windmill for processing. So in the Netherlands in several important ports have a lot of windmill mill and paper mill. So the windmill also to a certain extent to promote the economic growth of the Dutch region.

The Netherlands is located in the westerly belt of the earth, that is to say, the north-west wind is blowing all year round. At the same time coupled with his location near the Atlantic Ocean, the country is a typical maritime climate. So the country's wind direction is very large, for the lack of a variety of water conservancy and power resources in the Netherlands, windmills provide the wind is the most favorable compensation. Later, with the continuous development of the Dutch economy, as well as the expansion of the scale of various factories, and windmills play a very important role in this. So they carried out corresponding reforms to the windmill, so that the windmill can face the wind on all sides. And also give the windmill equipped with rollers, even if there is no wind can also be automatic power.

Holland's windmills can be said to play a pivotal role in the Dutch region, so that the Dutch people's daily life can not be separated from the windmill. This is also the reason why there are windmills all over the Netherlands. Windmills completed all the power sources in the Netherlands. So later we also laughingly called the Netherlands is the country of windmills.