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Tuiltermolen Watermill

Tuiltermolen Watermill

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Tuiltermolen Watermill

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Location: South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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April 27, 2023

Mill of the former abbey Herkenrode, located north of the Tuilterdemer, which joined the Demer more westwards. To the south, the Antwerp-Liège motorway, and to the west, a suppressed section of the Stokrooieweg. U-shaped construction with loose arrangement. Classicist, first half of the 18th century.
Source and more at inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/22270

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Dominiek Van Dooren

May 19, 2025

The Tuyltermolen is located approximately 700m west of the former Cistercian abbey of Herkenrode in Kuringen-Hasselt, on the Tuilterdemer, which rejoins the Demer further west. To the south lies the Antwerp-Liège motorway and to the west a suppressed section of the Stokrooieweg.
The Tuiltermolen originally had to obtain its thrust from a small reservoir, formed by a depression around it. Later, the Cistercians had a branch of the Demer dug over a length of approximately 800 m to give the mill more thrust. This branch with a width of 4m by 1.5m deep was realised along the forest 'Molendick'; a dike (dick) was constructed that could be used as a connecting road between the mill and the abbey, because there was no actual abbey mill at that time. The mill itself, which is missing its wheel and interior, is currently not open to visitors.
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June 13, 2024

This mill was already mentioned in 1083, which was then a ban mill of the Counts of Loon. In 1213 it was donated to the Herkenrode Abbey by Count Louis II van Loon.
In 1654, Lorraine troops camped near the mill and plundered the abbey's grain stores. In 1673 the mill was protected by a civil guard against French troops of Louis XIV. The mill was occupied by the French and set on fire. Reconstruction took place later. In 1797 the abbey was closed and the mill sold to the private individual Pierre de Libotton. A wool spinning mill was established in the abbey buildings which, after a fire, was transferred to the Tuiltermolen in 1824. After 1826, the mill started functioning as a bark mill to supply the raw material for leather tanning. After a fire in 1853, the mill was rebuilt again. It then functioned as a grist mill and bark mill, but later the grist section was converted into a house and in 1882 the bark mill also stopped. Thus the water wheel and its interior disappeared. In 1998 the mill came into the possession of the Agency for Nature and Forests. Restoration work will take place from 2014, after which the mill will be used to generate electricity. A new wheel will be installed for this purpose. The current complex dates mainly from 1784.

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Tuiltermolen Watermill

1. Herkenrode Abbey Site – Herkenrode Abbey Mill loop from Stokrooie

2. The Infirmary building from 1658 – Herkenrode Abbey Mill loop from Stokrooie

3. View of Herkenrode Abbey – Herkenrode Abbey Site loop from Stokrooie

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