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Sint-Gustaafsmolen

Sint-Gustaafsmolen

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Sint-Gustaafsmolen

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Location: West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Grote Markt Veurne – Grote Markt Veurne loop from De Panne

32.2km

01:55

60m

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2. De Panne Seafront Promenade – Zuid-Abbey Mill Koksijde loop from Koksijde

35.7km

02:06

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3. Sint-Pieterskerk Gijverinkhove – Sint-Gustaafsmolen loop from Alveringem

35.4km

02:03

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Jesko

October 29, 2021

The Sint-Gustaafsmolen was built in the early 19th century and was used to drain the moors. After it was no longer used, it slowly deteriorated. The wings are missing, but the stone tower is still well preserved. The current owner had it renovated in the 1980s and now runs his studio inside.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

February 3, 2023

The Sint-Gustaafsmolen was probably built - just like the Sint-Karelsmolen - around 1850 to replace the Leiemolen, one of the wooden polder mills that were erected between 1814 and 1820. Together with the polder mills that were built as part of the second reclamation of De Moeren in the second half of the 18th century, these mills provided drainage for this water-rich area. In addition to being a polder mill, the Sint-Gustaafsmolen also served as a flour mill.

The Sint-Gustaafsmolen was in operation until the First World War. Afterwards it was neglected for years. During a storm in 1923, the mill lost its wooden inner rod, a pestel rod. In 1927 the mill suffered storm damage again. Not only the metal outer rod but also the wooden mill hood, which rotated on wooden rollers, was blown away. The same year the mill was dismantled and a pointed hood was placed on the hull. The mill shaft was recovered in 1935 during the construction of the very last stone tower mill, the now disappeared Lindemolen in Alveringem.

In 1985, the Sint-Gustaafsmolen became the property of Willem Vermandere, who had the mill hull restored.

Source: wikimapia.org/40559820/nl/Sint-Gustaafsmolen

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Bart Cluyse

February 13, 2023

Old pumping station built to drain the Moeren, now owned by Willem Vermandere as an artists' and sculptors' studio.

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1. Grote Markt Veurne – Grote Markt Veurne loop from De Panne

2. De Panne Seafront Promenade – Zuid-Abbey Mill Koksijde loop from Koksijde

3. Sint-Pieterskerk Gijverinkhove – Sint-Gustaafsmolen loop from Alveringem

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