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De Volmolen Epen

De Volmolen Epen

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De Volmolen Epen

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Location: Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlands

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3. Epen Fulling Mill – Geuldal Valley loop from Epen

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Jochen Vieß

November 5, 2022

Beautiful courtyard with its own water wheel

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Rob Josten 🦅

May 10, 2024

The Volmolen is located in the hamlet of Plaat south of the village of Epen and is located on a branch of the Geul that branches off the left bank about 220 m upstream. Close to the mill, the Terzieterbeek flows into the Geul. Further downstream is the Eper Molen.

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December 10, 2023

The Volmolen was part of the Vaals cloth industry. Due to the location of the mill on the Geul, a lot of water was available for fulling, the felting of wool. There was no such large amount of water in the Vaals area. Fulling improves the quality of woven woolen fabric. The substance is placed in large oak tubs, which are filled with a mixture of full earth (a type of clay), linseed oil, rancid butter, urine and water. Pestlers, powered by the water power of the Geul, flatten the fabric. Fourteen hours later the woolen sheets have become felty, rougher and stronger. The urine and rancid butter required for fulling were discharged into the Geul after use. It is therefore not surprising that the Volmolen was built outside the village center of Epen!
Around 1780, the Volmolen was converted into a grain mill. The grain that is milled today by volunteer millers comes from natural fields and goes to an organic livestock farm. The complex is located between the Geul and a dug mill branch. Water is pushed up in the mill branch to increase the gradient of the water at the water wheel. The buildings, a mill house and a farm with attached barns, surround a courtyard.

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