1302174 Border mill route KempenBroek

Varied, surprising nature, cozy villages, striking heritage, cozy stopping places, hospitable terraces and residents. That characterizes the Grensmolen cycle route.

The Grensmolenroute KempenBroek is a varied cycling tour through the beautiful, versatile and surprising nature of GrensPark Kempen~Broek with the windmills and watermills as striking starting points along the route.

You cycle past the place that is sung about in the Limburgs Volkslied (Near the Castle Mill of Kessenich) and cross the border area between Dutch and Belgian Limburg. Along the way you will have ample time to enjoy the heritage, nature and hospitality of the people.

MolenNetwerk KempenBroek vzw made the information about the heritage you encounter digitally available in the Grensmolenroute in Faro's HERITAGE APP. The Heritage app can be downloaded for free from APP Store and Google Play.

Directions

#	Description	Distance
	St. Jansmolen (Sint-Jan, 6039HA, Weert, Limburg, The Netherlands)	0.00 km
	Molen de Nijverheid (6039EB, Weert, Limburg, The Netherlands)	1.24 km
90	90 (6039EH, Weert, Limburg, The Netherlands)	1.87 km
86	86 (Heltenbosdijk, 6006RZ, Weert, Limburg, The Netherlands)	3.74 km
85	85 (Pruiskesweg, 6006RT, Weert, Limburg, The Netherlands)	4.74 km
87	87 (6039RV, Weert, Limburg, The Netherlands)	7.15 km

Sights

St. Jansmolen

Sint-Jan
6039HA Weert
http://www.allemolens.nl

The St. Jansmolen is a hollow post mill from 1783. In 1804 the post mill was moved to its current location. The mill ground grains on a professional basis until 1978.

Molen de Nijverheid

6039EB Weert
http://www.allemolens.nl

This mill is also called the Molen van Nijs. It is a round stone belt mill that was built in 1903. The mill was decommissioned around 1960 and from then on the mill fell into disrepair. Nowadays the mill runs on a voluntary basis again.

Keijersmolen

Keijersmolen 43
3640 Kinrooi

Joannes Keijers built this stone windmill, a mountain or belt mill, in 1869 as the second mill of Molenbeersel (B) just across the border at Stramproy. In 2015, the great-grandson of Joannes Keijers, Theo Keijers, was honored for having been at the mill for 70 years. This makes the Keijersmolen unique: the mill has always remained the property of one family. The Keijersmolen is also one of the few mills that kept grinding on wind power. Around 1930 the mill became one of the first in Belgium. "covered". The blades were fitted with metal plates to reduce air resistance and improve the aerodynamics of the mill. In 1955 an iron long spout, a special feature, was inserted and the mill also got iron short and long braces. Its current appearance is the Keijersmolen in 1969 when the mill was completely plastered.

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Molennetwerk, Limburg

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