Watermill Route Eight Beatitudes

Your cycling route starts at Hotel De Bengel in Eersel. You can park your car here for free. On the route you will also come across two beautiful watermills. The first mill you pass is the Volmolen in Waalre. The originally medieval mill was destroyed by a storm in 1962. Nowadays, the rebuilt mill is used to generate electricity. You cycle to the Stevertse Molen via the hamlet of Riethoven. This is an undershot water mill on a bridge over the Run. The mill was destroyed in 1702 by the Spanish and French during the War of the Spanish Succession, but was subsequently rebuilt. Steensel is one of the typical Kempen villages of the Acht Zaligheden.