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Herkenrode Abbey Mill

Herkenrode Abbey Mill

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Herkenrode Abbey Mill

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Please check local regulations for: Vlaams Natuurreservaat Herkenrode

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Location: South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Katrien

August 21, 2021

This watermill used to be part of the craft zone of the abbey, which also includes a bakery, a brewery, a hides factory and a number of workshops with accommodation for the servants. Only the mill and the miller's house (the "fisherman's house") remain. After a thorough restoration of the mill building by Herita, the mill mechanism was also completely rebuilt by Molenzorg Zuid-Limburg. The watermill is now ready to grind again. That immediately gives the Abbey Mill an extra dimension.

Source: herita.be/de-abdijmolen-van-herkenrode-ruime-eventlocatie- midden-de-natuur

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Katrien

August 21, 2021

Self-reliance was very important to the Cistercians. The abbey had a craft area with a water mill, a bakery, a hide factory and a number of workshops with accommodation for the service personnel. Only the abbey mill and the modest miller's house (the so-called fisherman's house) remain.

The fisherman's cottage is now used by the workers who maintain the garden and green areas of the abbey site.

The abbey mill is now milling again. Every 3rd Sunday of the month, the volunteers of Molenzorg Zuid-Limburg are happy to explain.

Source: abdijsiteherkenrode.be/domein/erfgoed

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July 31, 2024

The oldest core of the elongated mill building is the part on the Demer that dates from the first half of the sixteenth century). In 1838, the building was expanded to the south. Construction seams in the wall on the right bank of the Demer seem to indicate the possibility that this used to be a double mill.

Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Herkenrode Abbey, id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/22246

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Herkenrode Abbey Mill

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