Long before the discovery of electricity and the associated inventions, our ancestors discovered the possibility of harnessing the power of the elements - which on the one hand were useful, but on the other hand could also be a threat as a force of nature - for various purposes. A suitable example of the human ingenuity of earlier generations is such a mill: the heavy millstones with which, for example, grain was ground into grain or oil was pressed, could be powered with the help of the wind or - as here - water.

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September 9, 2020

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The oldest mention of the mentioned mill is said to date from 1129; according to a thirteenth-century cartulary, Arnoldus de Lombeka in 1276 donated "dua molendina in Molnhem" together with …

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Svanne

August 30, 2020

Mountain biking

Gravel track next to the water

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1. Wolfrot Gravel Path – Pilgrims' gravel path loop from Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem

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2. Gravel Path to Notstraat – Pilgrims' gravel path loop from Affligem

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3. Kersgat Gravel Path – Pilgrims' gravel path loop from Stuyvenbergh

38.9km

02:30

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Location: Merchtem, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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Ichelgem Mill

1. Wolfrot Gravel Path – Pilgrims' gravel path loop from Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem

2. Gravel Path to Notstraat – Pilgrims' gravel path loop from Affligem

3. Kersgat Gravel Path – Pilgrims' gravel path loop from Stuyvenbergh

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