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Herkenrode Abbey Mill

Herkenrode Abbey Mill

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Herkenrode Abbey Mill

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Location: South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Dominiek Van Dooren

May 20, 2025

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The abbey mill on the Herkenrode abbey site in Hasselt has been completely renovated. For 10 years, volunteers from Molenzorg Zuid-Limburg worked on making the mill ready to grind again. Among other things, the volunteers built new lock gates and a new water wheel. The millstone was also put back in order and new wooden teeth were made for a gear wheel. A long-term job, but now the abbey mill can grind again.
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Dominiek Van Dooren

May 20, 2025

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The mill is open to visitors on the following days in 2025: June 15, June 29 (Limburg Mill Day), July 20, August 17, September 21, October 19, November 16.

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Katrien

August 21, 2021

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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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Elevation 70 m

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Wednesday 15 July

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