This mill was already mentioned in 1083, which was then a ban mill of the Counts of Loon. In 1213 it was donated to the Herkenrode Abbey by Count Louis II van Loon.
In 1654, Lorraine troops camped near the mill and plundered the abbey's grain stores. In 1673 the mill was protected by a civil guard against French troops of Louis XIV. The mill was occupied by the French and set on fire. Reconstruction took place later. In 1797 the abbey was closed and the mill sold to the private individual Pierre de Libotton. A wool spinning mill was established in the abbey buildings which, after a fire, was transferred to the Tuiltermolen in 1824. After 1826, the mill started functioning as a bark mill to supply the raw material for leather tanning. After a fire in 1853, the mill was rebuilt again. It then functioned as a grist mill and bark mill, but later the grist section was converted into a house and in 1882 the bark mill also stopped. Thus the water wheel and its interior disappeared. In 1998 the mill came into the possession of the Agency for Nature and Forests. Restoration work will take place from 2014, after which the mill will be used to generate electricity. A new wheel will be installed for this purpose. The current complex dates mainly from 1784.