Bouwel Windmill

Originally, the residents of Bouwel were obliged to have their grain ground in the grobbendonk ban mill. Only after the French Revolution in 1789 did Bouwel get its own windmill with accompanying mill house. The old mill was burned down in 1914 for strategic reasons by the retreating Belgian army. Only the dice remained standing. The post mill of Westerlo-Voortkapel was purchased with the compensation for war damage and rebuilt in the same place in 1925. This mill probably dates from 1713.

In 1789 Baptist Van Looy set up a wooden windmill in Bouwel. That mill did not survive the violence of the First World War. Its successor, the current windmill, was transferred from Voortkapel in 1925 and has been protected as a monument since 1943.

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In the meantime you can enjoy the rotating blades. Don't get too close or you'll get a blow from the mill.