The windmill In Stormen Sterk is located along the Molenstraat in Gierle. There has been a mill on this site since 1499. Whenever the mill was damaged by storms, fire or destruction, a new one was built. This was also the case in 1837 when a hurricane destroyed the previous mill. In Stormen Sterk there is a stone ground sailer of the outdoor porter type. This means that the blades are sailed on the outside and set to the wind with a cross reel. These blades have a wingspan of no less than 26.5 meters, which makes the mill one of the largest in the country! No wonder that the mill was protected as a monument in 1981. The mill still beats the sails every last Sunday of the month. A team of volunteer millers will show you the mill. Kempens Landschap purchased the mill in 2006, after which the municipality of Lille took over the monument on a long lease. After a thorough restoration of the interior and exterior, the mill was reopened in April 2014. Kempens Landschap will continue to assist the millers and support the municipality in the maintenance and opening of the monument.

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