Time travel by bicycle between Maastricht and Moelingen

The first sight of today's cycling tour is the Meschermolen. The mill was built as a water mill in 1699. At the end of the nineteenth century the mill was converted into an overshot water mill. The mill fell into disrepair from the 1950s onwards and was no longer used. The Meschermolen was completely restored between 1996 and 1998 and is now operated on a voluntary basis.

Then you cycle to Hoeve Libeek. This is a large castle-like farm built around the thirteenth century. The current marlstone house dates from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The surrounding wings of stables and barns were added later, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The farm rightly bears the designation of a national monument. A little further you will pass Huis Blankenberg. The castle was built around 1825 on the foundations of a medieval fortress in the shape of a lighthouse. The complex has belonged to the Maastricht University Hospital since 2004 and was used as a nursing and recovery clinic. At the end of April 2010 it was purchased by a Catholic foundation in Blankenberg. This beautiful house is also a national monument. Look into your eyes from the hamlet of Sint-Antoniusbank. About 40 houses make up the hamlet. Until 1827 it belonged to the municipality of Heer en Keer, but then it became the municipality of Cadier en Keer. In 1982, the Cadier en Keer municipality fell under the municipality of Margraten, which merged with Eijsden in 2011. There are many historical elements in the hamlet, if you know where to look. Despite its small scale, you can find two closed square farms there, but also a monumental farm that dates from the seventeenth century despite its nineteenth-century construction, a former monastery in which apartments have been created and an old farm with the remains of a square tower and a covered well. .

The last sight on this beautiful route is the Lombok windmill. This historic water mill was built around 1500. The mill was used for grinding grain. There used to be an oil mill behind the flour mill, but only the opening for the axle of the water wheel remains. The mill operated until 1960.