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Paper mill Herisem

Paper mill Herisem

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Paper mill Herisem

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

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VISITFLANDERS

June 4, 2024

The former Winderickx cardboard factory is located between the meadows, fields and forests. Also called the Herisemmolen. This 16th-century paper mill gradually switched to the production of cardboard in 1853. The cardboard factory closed in 1940, but the machines remained untouched until now. This is one of the best preserved sites from the flourishing paper and cardboard industry in Flemish Brabant of yesteryear. You can visit the site, including the original paper mill and cardboard factory. It is very special how during your visit you observe the transition from how the artisanal craft of paper making gradually grew into an industry.

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Willem VS

July 20, 2020

The site consists of the original paper mill, the cardboard factory, the associated farm (with grain mill) and a centrally located house with a former office. The site is located amid 16ha of pasture, fields and woodland in the Molenbeek valley. The buildings together with the landscape are protected as a monument and landscape by Royal Decree and form the domain “Herisem”.

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NancyR-TommyS

November 12, 2020

The Herisemmolen or the Former Cardboard Factory Winderickx in Alsemberg is a 19th century industrial complex that grew out of an old 16th century paper mill.

The cardboard factory closed its doors in 1940 and all machines have remained untouched ever since.

Today, the water wheels and the restored Bollinckx steam engine power the 19th century machines again. The whole is one of the best preserved examples of the once flourishing paper and cardboard industry in the Flemish Brabant region.

The site was recognized by the European Commission in 1991 as a pilot project for the conservation of architectural heritage. In 2000, Herisem received the prize for monument conservation and since then several more prizes, including in 2018 the Tourism Award for Heritage Tourism from the Province of Flemish Brabant.

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Paper mill Herisem

1. Duivelsborreweg – Vallei van de Steenputbeek loop from Huizingen

2. Vallei van de Steenputbeek – Duivelsborreweg loop from Dworp

3. Alsemberg Meadow – Duivelsborreweg loop from Alsemberg

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