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Buysesmolen (Sint-Antelinks)

Buysesmolen (Sint-Antelinks)

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Buysesmolen (Sint-Antelinks)

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Location: Herzele, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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May 31, 2021

Hiking

The pride with which a windmill rules over the landscape is characteristic of its glorious past. As early as 1428 a wooden post mill towered over this landscape. It is …

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March 31, 2026

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It is assumed that a windmill already stood here in the 13th century. A reconstruction took place in the 15th century. The mill belonged for a long time to the Norbertine Abbey in Ninove. The oldest mention of a miller, namely Cornelius de Ranc, dates from 1427. During the French occupation, a certain De Geest from Aalst, via a straw man Odeyn from Ghent, bought the mill and the adjacent lands. In 1839, the Buyse family became the owner. Karel Buyse, at 94 years old, was the oldest miller in our country in 1934. (Molens Herzele)

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February 7, 2024

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The mill is named after the family that owned the mill from (before) 1830 until it was sold to the Belgian State in 1975.
(although it is often also called "Molen ter Rijst")

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View of the Fields – Buysesmolen (Sint-Antelinks) loop from Aalst

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Rullegem Mill – Buysesmolen (Sint-Antelinks) loop from Aaigem

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#3.

Buysesmolen (Sint-Antelinks) – Gentsestraat Field Path loop from Nederhasselt

12.8km

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Elevation 80 m

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Location: Herzele, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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