148506 The contrast between Veluwe and IJssel

The Oldebroekse Heide is varied: extensive heathlands, meadows and avenues alternate with forests. In addition to beautiful nature, this route also offers the necessary sights for culture lovers, such as paper mills.

House Molecates
Within five kilometers you will come across the beautiful Molecaten estate, which is adorned by an old water mill and a beautiful mansion. The mill, the first paper mill on the Veluwe, was built around 1646. House Molecaten is located on a 150-hectare estate with a number of farms and a catering facility, in the middle of the woods. The Oldebroekse Heide, which you cycle past a little later, is kept open thanks to the grazing herd of heath sheep that live in the sheepfold that you encounter along the way.

Paper mill
The Kopermolen, an overshot water mill that grinds on the Klaarbeek, is also a paper mill. It probably dates from the eighteenth century. Before 1745, the mill was used to grind paper, after which it was used as a copper mill for shoeing ship hulls and coin plates.

Directions

#	Description	Distance
36	36 (Hoenwaardseweg, 8051SH, Hattem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	0.00 km
59	59 (8051EA, Hattem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	1.94 km
58	58 (8051EV, Hattem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	2.42 km
60	60 (8051VG, Hattem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	2.92 km
	Watermolen van Hattem-Molecaten (Herberg Molecaten, 8051PM, Hattem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	4.10 km
	Huis Molecaten (Molecaten, 8051PM, Hattem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	4.54 km

Sights

Watermolen van Hattem-Molecaten

Herberg Molecaten
8051PM Hattem

In the town of Hattem you cycle past the water mill of Hattem-Molecaten, one of the first paper mills in the Veluwe. The mill is located on an estate belonging to Huis Molecaten.

Huis Molecaten

Molecaten
8051PM Hattem

The neoclassical House Molecaten was built in 1645 on the foundations of a house that was destroyed during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648). The building is currently private property, but the estate of the same name can still be visited.

Schaapskooi

Schaapskooi
8181NT Heerde

Beautiful old Dutch landscape feature where sheep stayed in bygone times. Beautiful old buildings and barns (pot stables) characterize these locations.

De Kopermolen

8161 RM Epe

In the past, copper plates were made in the Kopermolen for covering hulls and coin plates from which money was beaten. Furthermore, the mill served as a papermaking and as a flour mill.

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The contrast between Veluwe and IJssel